Chairman of
the State Administration Council Prime Minister Chairman of the National
Solidarity and Peacemaking Central Committee Commander-in-Chief of Defence
Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing sent a video message to the ceremony to
mark the 9th Anniversary of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) at the
National Solidarity and Peacemaking Centre in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
The ceremony
was attended by Union Minister for Border Affairs National Solidarity and
Peacemaking Negotiation Committee Chairman Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, Secretary
Lt-Gen Min Naing and members, those who participate in the peace process,
chairmen, vice-chairmen, secretaries, central executive committee members and
central committee members from NCA signatories Arakan Liberation Party-ALP,
Democratic Kayin Benevolence Army-DKBA, Kayin National Union/Kayin National
Liberation Army-Peace Council-KNU/KNLA-PC, Lahu Democratic Union-LDU, New Mon
State Party-NMSP, Restoration Council of Shan State-RCSS, representatives of
the working group of political parties and special guests.
At the
ceremony, the Senior General delivered a video message.
Union
Minister and NSPNC Chairman Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung delivered a speech at the
ninth anniversary of NCA.
A video clip
on signing the NCA and holding the anniversary celebration was screened.
Those who
participated in the peace process and witnesses in signing the NCA were UPWC
Vice Chairman and Union Minister (Retd) U Aung Min, Vice Chairman of UPWC Union
Minister (Retd) U Thein Zaw, participants in the NCA Lt-Gen Myint Soe (Retd),
Lt-Gen Khin Zaw Oo (Retd), U Zo Zam and U Ko Ko Gyi, JMC-U Vice Chairman-2 U
Sai Myo Thant, JMC-U member U Pyae Sone and U Hla Maung Shwe from CPR gave NCA
commemorative speeches.
Leaders of
NCA signatory ethnic armed organizations ALP, DKBA, KNU/KNLA-PC, LDU, NMSP and
RCSS also gave NCA commemorative speeches.
Gifts in
commemoration of the ninth anniversary of the NCA were presented to those who
strived to sign the NCA, signatory persons in NCA, NCA contributors and leaders
of ethnic armed organizations and served the lunch in their honour.
In the
afternoon, a workshop to mark the ninth anniversary of NCA took place, and
Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung gave an opening address.
NSPNC
Secretary Lt-Gen Min Naing explained the purpose of the workshop and its
agenda.
All
participants discussed four papers submitted by the survey and paper
presentation teams on the exercising the electoral system suitable for the
current political landscape in the multiparty democratic general election, the
power-sharing between the Union and region/state, and the appointment of chief
ministers for regions and states, the strengthening of Union system and ethnic
affairs, and the election of a genuine and disciplined multiparty democratic
system and the role of political parties.
Moreover,
those who participated in the peace process, representatives from EAOs,
representatives from working groups of the political parties and guests
exchanged views on current political landscape and holding the election,
strengthening of democracy and federalism, ways to solve current armed
conflicts, ways to accelerate peace process, and needs and ways for building
the State and development measures.
Lt-Gen Min
Naing clarified attitudes from the discussions.
NSPNC
Chairman Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung expressed his thanks to all participants for
their discussions.
MNA/TTA
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