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CHIN NATIONAL FRONT
General Headquarters, Chinland
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The Statement of CNF on the 52nd Anniversary of Union Day
Today, the 52nd Anniversary of Union Day, is a continued reflection of
the historic Panlong Agreement signed by national leaders of Chin,
Kachin, Shan and Burman on February 12, 1947 in Panlong, Shan State,
Burma, which led to the founding of a Unionized Burma composed of
different ethnic groups. Based on mutual respect, recognition and
appreciation of each other's differences and equality, this agreement
was able to speed up the gaining of independence from British Colonial
rule.
However, as Burma became an independent country, some Burman supremacist
politicians had managed to drag the country into direct opposition of
the spirit of the Panlong Agreement, causing economic and political ruin
in the country. To materialize the kernel of the Panlong Agreement which
is to establish a Federal Union and to solve the economic hardship of
the people of Burma, national leaders (leaders of all ethnic groups)
held a conference in February of 1961, in Taungyi, Shan State, Burma,
intending to submit demands in the Parliament. However, before any
resolution was able to be passed in the Parliament, General Ne Win and
his army staged a coupd'etat, placing the democratically elected
government and the country under the military dictatorship that remains
in place today.
Although ethnic groups in Burma have lived under the oppression and
discrimination of some of the Burman supremacist politicians and the
Burmese military dictatorship, never have they attempted to disunite the
unity wrought by the Panlong Agreement, but rather have tried to find a
way to establish a true Federal Union which is based on equality.
The problems faced today in Burma are of the ethnic issues and democracy
as well and to solve them needs a meaningful and true dialogue between
the parties concerned.
As all the ethnic groups including ethnic Burmans look forward to
establishing a Federal Union of Burma based on the Panlong Agreement
with the spirit of equality, at this 52nd Anniversary of Union Day, the
CNF would strongly urge that we must all join hands to increase our
effort to muster unity to march into a peaceful world.
February 12, 1999
Central Committee
Chin National Front
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