CNI News
3 Sept 2022
The mechanism of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee seems to stop working, Chairman U Ko Ko Gyi of the People’s Party told the CNI.
He said that the State Administration Council never uses the term and its mechanism has stopped working at present.
He said, “Even the SAC does not use the term UPDJC because it was made up of three groups including one representing the government, the military and the parliament, another group representing signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement and a group representing political parties. Therefore, its mechanism seems to stop working. So, I am aware that the SAC does not use the term.”
The UPDJC group representing political parties and the National Solidarity and Peace Negotiation Committee led by Lt-Gen Yar Pyae held discussions in Nay Pyi Taw on 6th March and the group was reformed on 27th August, 2022.
The NSPNC led by Lt-Gen Yar Pyae.
The UPDJC group representing political parties is still working on its tasks and holds talks with the NSPNC once a month, Secretary Daw Cho Cho Kyaw Nyein of the group told the CNI.
Daw Cho Cho Kyaw Nyein said, “We think that the upcoming election held by the SAC will be fair. U Sai Aik Paung and I were reelected as the chairman and the secretary respectively. Some news reports were not true. We hold meetings with the SAC regularly. It is seeking advice from us.”
The chairman of UPDLC group representing political parties is from the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party and Secretary Daw Cho Cho Kyaw Nyein is from the Democratic Party (Myanmar). Group members are representatives from other parties.
The UPDJC is made up of 16 representatives from each group. However, the group representing the government, the military and the parliament and the group representing EAOs have not nominated their representatives while political parties are raising question on whether the group can represent all political parties.
