CNI News

28 August 2025

The Naga Region Special Attack Force (PDF) announced on August 27, 2025, that since elections will not be accepted at all in the Naga Region, they cannot guarantee safety during the election period.

According to the statement, Myanmar Tatmadaw is preparing to hold a sham election, but any party or individual that chooses to participate in the Naga Region will only escalate conflict and increase instability. Therefore, the Naga Region Special Attack Force declared that they will not accept the sham election in any way.

“Any loss of life or property damage that may occur during the election period will be the sole responsibility of those directly participating in the election or cooperating with such activities. We will not, under any circumstances, take responsibility for subsequent issues.” added the group.

Accordingly, the group warned that it will not provide any security guarantees for those running in the Myanmar Tatmadaw’s election in the Naga Region, nor for those assisting in the conduct of the election.

While seeing the Law protecting multiparty democratic general elections from obstruction

The Naga Region Special Attack Force operates under the Ministry of Defense of the National Unity Government (NUG).

The Union Election Commission (UEC) announced that the first phase of the election in Myanmar will be held on December 28, 2025, across 102 townships. Among these 102 townships are Lahe, Leshi, and Nanyun in the Naga Self-Administered Zone of Sagaing Region.

Various ethnic armed organizations, the NUG, the People’s Defense Forces (PDFs), pro-democracy activists, the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), and the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) have all declared that they will prevent the planned election from taking place.

NUG leaders

In response, on July 29, 2025, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing enacted a law aimed at protecting multiparty democratic general elections from disruption.

Under this law, any act of obstruction, disruption, or destruction of multiparty democratic general elections, as well as causing deaths in connection with such acts, is punishable by a minimum of 10 years’ imprisonment, life imprisonment, or even the death penalty.