Public participation key to strengthening rule of law and security

 

Vice-Chairman of the State Administration Council Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win met officials of the Sagaing Region government at the regional government office on 14 October to talk about peace and stability of the region and security measures.

Chief Minister of Sagaing Region U Myat Kyaw and officials reported on the disbursement of loans from the State Economic Promotion Fund to agriculture, livestock and MSME industries in the region, formation of people’s security and counter-terrorism troops for ensuring peace and stability and security of the region, participation of departmental personnel in the population and household census enumeration, and cooperative efforts of officials in peace and stability of the region.

Speaking on the occasion, the Vice-Senior General explained the importance of security awareness and knowledge for people’s service personnel not to break security measures, formation of people’s security and counter-terrorism troops in wards and villages, efforts for public participation in the aforesaid measures, surveillance to prevent infiltration of terrorists into the wards and villages, public participation to ensure strengthening of security measures, and correct supervision of officials to forge rule of law and security of the people.

He noted that management should reserve quality strains of seeds to be used in disaster-affected areas for regrowing crops in time, enumerate the census for contribution to political, economic, education, health and socioeconomic development and fulfil the needs of relevant governments and those who will draw the plans, collection of data for the census in relevant plots to be able to benefit the people, and sharing knowledge with the people to correctly reply to the questions in the enumeration of the census.

In the morning, the Vice-Senior General, accompanied by the Chief Minister of Sagaing Region, Commander of North-West Command Maj-Gen Than Htaik and officials, comforted the Tatmadaw members who are receiving medical treatment at the local Tatmadaw hospital in Monywa for their injuries suffered in serving the defence and security duties of the State.

In the meeting with Tatmadaw members, members of the Myanmar Police Force, and local people’s militia who were receiving medical treatments, the Vice-Senior General asked them about injuries, medical treatment, recovery from the injuries, and progress of health conditions. He fulfilled the needs of those patients and presented supplies and cash awards.

The Vice-Senior General also gave cash awards to medical staff serving at the hospital.

The Vice-Senior General also met Tatmadaw members, their wives, and their families at Wuntho Station separately. He fulfilled the needs of Tatmadaw members and families and presented foodstuffs, supplies and cash awards.

MNA/TTA

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