NMSP meets with newly elected state gov’t

NMSP meets with newly elected state gov’t
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MNA

Leaders of the New Mon State Party (NMSP) met with the chief minister and officials of the Mon State Government on Thursday [May 19] at state government office in Moulmein, the capital of Mon State.

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Meeting between representatives of the
NMSP and state government
(Photo: War War Zin Oo Facebook)

This is the first time the NMSP have been able to meet with the state government after the National League for Democracy (NLD) led government took the office in Mon State.

The meeting was focused on introducing the new delegates, among other topics. One issue, brought up by the NMSP at the meeting was in regards to the 21 Century Panglong Conference.

“It was just for us to meet them and introduce ourselves since we had never met the new government. One thing that we asked them about was concerning the 21 Century Panglong Conference that the NLD planned. We asked them how the conference would be held and what the objectives for the conference were. However, the chief minister could not give us any answers as he said he hadn’t met with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi yet,” said NMSP Vice-chairman Nai Hongsar.

Nai Hongsar added that the NMSP are in agreement if the 21 Panglong Conference is held with the objective of establishing federal union in the country. Regarding the matters of the ethnic groups, equality and the right for ethnic groups to create their own fate are at the center. It is important that the ethnic groups’ language, literature and culture is able to be developed.

At the meeting, 7 representatives from NMSP including NMSP’s vice-chairman Nai Hongsar and Commander in Chief. Brig. Gen. Layih Gakao of NMSP’s armed wing, the Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) were present. The representatives present from the state government side were the chief minister U Min Min Oo, Security and Border Affair Minister Colonel Win Naing Oo, Natural resource and environment reservation minister Dr. Min Kyi Win, state government secretary U Zaw Linn Tun and Bamar, Karen and Pa O ethnic ministers.

“It was mainly for the chance to introduce each other. One question they asked was concerning their ease of travel. Some matters are not concerned with us. Those matters need to be discussed with the union government. Although I am state chief minister, I am only a part of the state’s responsibility,” said Chief Minister U Min Min Oo.

Recently, the state counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi stated that 21 Century Panglong Conference would be held within the next two months and the NLD-led government would work towards having the ethnic armed groups, including those yet to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA), involved in the conference.

Although the NMSP signed a state level and union level ceasefire agreement with the Thein Sein Government, it is yet to sign the NCA.

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