Independent Mon News Agency
Since New Mon State Party (NMSP) is not accepting Burmese military dominated 2008 Constitution, it needs to be careful in participating in peace dialogue with military junta, State Administtrative Council (SAC), and it also needs to re-define its political strategies, suggested by Mon political analysts.
Read more: New Mon State Party (NMSP) needs for re-define political strategy, it not accept 2008 Constitution“As far as I know, NMSP is not accepting 2008 Constitution. NMSP is an armed organization and they are different from in-country registered political parties. I think, they should reconsider in meeting with SAC and find out new strategy along with other ethnic revoluntionary organizations (EROs), said by Dr. Ponnya Mon, Executive Director of Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Center (ENAC) of Burma.
Recently, even though 10 political and civil society organizations urged to NMSP to not have meeting with SAC, but the NMSP peace delegate led by Vice Chairman Nai Aung Min, met with junta, Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, in Nay Pyi Daw, on October 11 to 13.
NMSP peace delegate also issued a Statement on October 15 after peace dialogue, and expressed that they have asked to SAC leaders to include all stakeholders in peace dialogue including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and democratic oppositions. Then, they also asked SAC to clarify more on the power sharing in 2008 Constitution and amendments to include the agreements in peace accords in the recent Panglong Peace Conference.
Another Mon political analyst said, “I am a bit confused. I am not sure whether they (NMSP delegate) are discussing on amentments of 2008 Constitution or they talk on peace? If they go along 2008 Constitution, we could not expect genuine Federalism in our country. I just concerend the NMSP will be caught into political trap”.
Dr. Ponnya Mon, added that there has been a failure in peace process, as the Peace Process Streering Team (PPST), a coordinating body of ethnic armed organiztions those signed ceaefire agrement, could not lead the process; a nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) was violated and the SAC is intending to strengthening 2008 Constitution for their power in the future. He suggested that NMSP is needing to find new political strategies by cooperating to Ethnic Revolutionary Organizations (EROs) to seek a common ground for Federal Democratic of Burma.
The NMSP was founded in 1958 with political objectives to fight for liberation of Mon people and self-determination in Mon territory in southern Burma/Myanmar. It agreed for ceasefire agreement with previous military regimes in 1995 and signed NCA in 2018, and then it chose in participating in peace dialogues but not violent fighting against the junta.
