NMSP announces final government militia decision

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The New Mon State Party (NMSP) announced that the party has decided against transforming its armed wing into a Burmese government-run militia, during a press conference held yesterday on the Thai-Burma border. The decision was made by party leaders on April 21st, at an emergency meeting held in southern Mon State.

The meeting was held in response to an April 7th convention with Southeast Command (SEC) Lt. General Ye Myint, where the General threatened that the NMSPs refusal to acquiesce to the Burmese governments demands, that the party transform its armed wing, the Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) into a government-controlled militia group, would result in the re-establishment of a pre-ceasefire relationship between the Burmese military government and the party.

The NMSP reached a ceasefire agreement with the current military regime, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), in 1995, in order to curb the massive human rights abuses Mon State citizens then suffered at the hands of the SPDC, and to open up political discourse between the 2 groups.

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