Chairman of the State Administration Council and Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said that every citizen has a responsibility to participate in the military service but due to internal conflicts, military conscription law can’t be practiced yet.

He said these words at the  meeting 1/2022 of the Union Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar at the office of SAC Chairman in Nay Pyi Taw  on February 2.

He said that the year 2022 becomes a challenging year for SAC. If they can revive the economy, they will win the trust of the people. They have three ambitions. The first point is to revive the State economy. Based on last year’s experiences, they don’t have any reason to do so. They have to strive for the improvement of the economy in 2022. And the second point is, they will do all tasks related to multiparty democratization mentioned in the political future tasks. If the country is in good political and economic trends, they have to turn to the defense system.  

For example, our country does not practice the military conscription law yet. Every citizen is responsible for military service. We are not practicing that law because of the internal armed conflicts. If we can accomplish the first and second points, we have to enhance the defense capability for the third point. At that time, citizens need to serve the military service under the law. They have to serve it for two or three years. The service term may be one year or one and a half year. It will depend on the situation of the country. It is a must for all, he continued.

 If the country does not have defense capability, we will surely face a loss. If we are weak in the economy, we will feel inferior compare with other countries. If we are weak in political power, other countries would assault us. These are three points we must do for our country. So, we will have to do these tasks during this year much as we can, he said.”