Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has urged some ethnic armed organizations to stop their acceptance, encouragement and cooperation in riots and terror acts and invited them to take their position on the NCA (nationwide ceasefire agreement) track for ensuring peace and stability and development of the State.

He made the comment during his speech at the celebration of Diamond Jubilee Union Day in Nay Pyi Taw on February 12, state-run newspapers reported.  

“We all need to review the current situations without attachment and suspicion. Everybody knows that as some attempted to seize the State power by committing voter fraud in the election in November 2020, the Tatmadaw (military) urged them to solve these inappropriate issues. But, they ignored it. So, the state of emergency was declared, and the Tatmadaw is taking responsibility for the State. The free and fair general election in the democratic system is of importance. If it was a correct, free and fair election, it is no reason to cause so. The forcibly seizing the State power in dishonesty brings consequences to current situations,” the Senior General said.

In the democratic system, it is necessary to accept different opinions and attitudes. But, the riots and terrorism such as murdering, setting fire and blowing up of mines causing sufferings to the ethnic national people are unacceptable. The Tatmadaw is discharging duty entrusted by the State Constitution for giving a helping hand to the State and the citizens when they face internal and external dangers and natural disasters, he commented.

“Hence, I’d like to say that it is time for terrorist groups, supporters and followers who commit illegal and unlawful perpetration triggered by electoral malpractices to understand the realities and amend the wrongdoings for the interests of the State and the people,” he said.

The State Administration Council on duty is striving for ensuring peace and stability of the State, unity among all ethnic national people and development of their socio-economic life and building a Union based on democracy and federalism during the duty assigned period. In building the Union, no matter how different the opinions of democracy and federalism are, a system must be chosen that conforms to the country, the Senior General pointed out.

“The internal armed conflicts triggered by the divide-and-rule policy of the colonialists brought a terrible loss to the development of the country and unity. Our resources, strengths and capability were lost in the conflicts. We all are responsible for avoiding losses anymore. Hence, we all need to participate in ceasing the armed conflicts and restoring sustainably perpetual peace,” he said.

To do so, we, the government and the Tatmadaw gave two offers that are unprecedented in the history of the Myanmar peace process. The first one is to implement the one-sided ceasefire and the second is to extend an invitation to all to the peace talks without preconditions leading to the restoration of perpetual peace, he added.

“The Tatmadaw one-sidedly implements the ceasefire from 21 December 2018 to the end of 2022. On 6 February this year, the State Administration Council released a statement on “the invitation to the perpetual peace and the Diamond Jubilee Union Day ceremony,” the Senior General said.