"Today is the 53rd anniversary of Martyrs Day. It was on 19 July of 1947 that General Bogyoke Aung San, father of the Tatmadaw, architect of our independence, leader of the struggle for complete independence, together with other martyrs were assassinated. The assassins were a group of traitors who intended to grab state power the short-cut way by use of force (weapons)...Presently, the military anashins are shouting their loudest about national spirit and sovereign power. But the truth is that they are diverting the course of history. They are trying to blot out what Bogyoke Aung San and the martyrs did to bring the country out of slavery. They are assassinating Bogyoke Aung San and the martyrs all over again..."