Two ethnic armed groups support ‘Second Panglong Conference’
Arakan News, Home Friday, October 28, 2011
New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) and the Chin National Front (CNF) welcome the idea of convening a “21st Century Panglong Conference” representing all ethnic parties and armed groups.
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Zomi National Congress issued a “Kalay Declaration” on Monday at a 22nd anniversary ceremony, calling for the reconvening of an all-inclusive “Second Panglong Conference” for national reconciliation. Photo: ZNC
Meanwhile, a third ethnic group, the Zomi National Congress (ZNC), issued a “Kalay Declaration” on Monday at a 22nd anniversary ceremony of the founding of the ZNC, calling for the reconvening of an all-inclusive “Second Panglong Conference” for national reconciliation.
A movement calling for an all-ethnic group conference with the new Union government including ethnic armed groups and political parties has steadily grown during the past year.
Talking about current fighting in ethnic areas, Pu Paul Sitha, the general-secretary of the Chin National Front, said, “It is sure that internal affairs cannot be solved by war. The new government continues fighting, and we can see that nothing is solved. Day after day, the civil war has progressed.”
To quench the flames of civil war, a national conference is essential, said a Chin National Party member, adding: “This is an issue that will not be solved easily.”
The Kalay Declaration supports building a Federal Union based on democracy and national equality rather than a unitary system. The declaration was signed by NLD leaders; Tin Oo and Win Tin, non-parliamentary groups and 11 prominent politicians.
The Panglong Conference, held in February 1947, was an historic meeting that took place at Panglong in the Shan States in Burma between the Shan, Kachin and Chin ethnic minority leaders and Aung San, head of the interim Burmese government. On the agenda was the united struggle for independence from Britain and the future of Burma after independence as a unified republic.
To quench the flames of civil war, a national conference is essential, said a Chin National Party member, adding: “This is an issue that will not be solved easily.”
The Kalay Declaration supports building a Federal Union based on democracy and national equality rather than a unitary system. The declaration was signed by NLD leaders; Tin Oo and Win Tin, non-parliamentary groups and 11 prominent politicians.
The Panglong Conference, held in February 1947, was an historic meeting that took place at Panglong in the Shan States in Burma between the Shan, Kachin and Chin ethnic minority leaders and Aung San, head of the interim Burmese government. On the agenda was the united struggle for independence from Britain and the future of Burma after independence as a unified republic.
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