CNI News
28 February 2025
Those with unrestrained carrying weapons might become warlords at last, director of the Thayninga Institute for Strategy Studies, U Thein Tun Oo told CNI News.
Rules and boundaries are needed to control those who wield dangerous weapons. If such controls are not in place, they may eventually become warlords, he said.
" According to psychology, it is natural for a person to get excited when they hold a dangerous weapon. Rules and boundaries are needed to control it. It's necessary to establish an institution to follow the rules and regulations. Outside organizations would go a long way in doing this. To put it briefly, a leader of those with unrestrained carrying weapons eventually might be a warlord in a region at the highest level. As he is a warlord, his order and power depends on the weapons that he has held. If he has no exact political ideology, his group is very dangerous." he said.
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Armed conflicts have been taking place in Myanmar since 1948. Even though peace talks were conducted to end armed conflicts, agreements were broken and battles are breaking out again.
There were no democratic rights or no federal rights in the areas where armed groups have controlled, pointed out military and political analysts.
Carrying weapons without proper regulations and controls was a concern, vice chairman of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) U Htet Aung Kyaw told CNI News.
"A person with a gun must be controlled by strict laws. Normally, a soldier must abide by not only civil law but also military law. We are worried about carrying weapons without any rules and regulations. We can know what will happen in the future." he said.
Having said that the NLD was trying to form a government without resolving a vote list dispute in the 2020 general election, the Myanmar Tatmadaw overthrew the NLD government and took the State power.
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After that, some NLD leaders, members of the Hluttaw, democratic elements and EAOs are waging battles to overthrow the Myanmar Tatmadaw and the SAC.
The Myanmar Tatmadaw must continue to wage the war because armed organizations are trying to gain power regionally, said Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.
Currently, battles are breaking out in Myanmar's Shan State, Kayin State, Chin State, Rakhine State, Mon State, Kayah State, Kachin State, Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Bago Region, Mandalay Region, and Tanintharyi Region.
Due to these battles, the Myanmar Tatmadaw has lost control of more than 90 townships and two military commands.
In the same way, because of battles breaking out in Myanmar, there are over six million IDPs, stated the ISP Myanmar in the first week of October, 2024.
