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Attitude of Mongkoe Defence Army (M



Declaration on attitude of Mongkoe Defence Army (Mongkoe) of
Northern Shan State Special Region 1 in connection with acts of
National League for Democracy

Date: 18 September 1998 

Subject: Attitude of Mongkoe Defence Army in connection with acts of the
National League for Democracy

1. Ours is the first group to reach peace agreement with the government in
Myanmar Naing-Ngan on 11 March 1989. Terrorism and armed conflicts that had
reigned for over 30 years resulted with a great loss and suffering to the
nation and the entire public. As we felt that the lives and property of the
people were unnecessarily destroyed, we decided to stop armed struggle in
order to make peace. Thus, after our group had reached peace agreement with
the government on 11 March 1989, we have been cooperating with the government
in the border region development projects for materialization of the following
political aims:

1. Regional peace and stability,
2. Abstaining from suppression of one nationality group on another,
3. Security of lives of regional people,
4. Equal rights, and,
5. Unity of all national peoples.

2. The disturbances and events commonly known as the four-8s uprising which
occurred in 1988 were frightening incidents in the post-independence period.
The people faced the situation that they had to check whether they had their
heads or not when there was no government in the country. The Tatmadaw was
able to contain the tumult just in time.

	Due to various subversives, armed conflicts among ethnic groups arose
dramatically all over the world during this decade, causing alarming deaths.
Contrary to these incidents, the Tatmadaw was able to put an end to over
30-year-old armed conflicts between successive governments and nationalities
groups. Consensus was reached between the government and the ethnic armed
groups to consolidate national unity. Peace could be made after the ceasefire
agreement with majority of nationalities armed groups.

3. Legitimacy in the mater of NLD's convening of a Hluttaw must be judged in
accord with the existing laws. Any party, organization, association or
individual has to abide by the government's laws.

4. The Mongkoe Defence Army of Northern Shan State Special Region 1 has never
had relations with the National League for Democracy (NLD), organizationally
or individually or legally or illegally. 5. The attitude of our organization
is that we never desire the situation that the nation lost a great deal and
became poor and lagged in development as it had not been peaceful for over 30
years after regaining of independence and that of the 1988 situation which
caused deaths and loss to the national peoples. 6. Our organization desires

1. Peace, stability and development of the nation,
2. National unity,
3. Emergence of a modernized nation in which true democracy flourishes, and,
4. Enhancement of political, economic and social standards of the entire
people.

Central Committee
Mongkoe Defence Army
Shan State Special Region 1