CRP's Notification 63 (11/99) trans

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Subject: CRP's Notification 63 (11/99) translation

Representatives of the People elected to the Parliament in the 1990 
multiparty democratic elections

(Committee Representing Parliament)

Notification  63(11/99)

1.  The Shan National League for Democracy, the Arakan League for
Democracy, the Mon National Democracy Front, the Zomi National Congress
and the National League for Democracy are political parties which were
formed to establish and advance a genuine democratic system in the
country.

2.  To achieve the above objective, there has to be a parliament.
Therefore, general elections were held in 1990 in which the above
parties contested.

3.  The general elections were successfully accomplished but a
parliament has not been convened.  The military authorities who decreed
the People's Parliament Election Law and conducted the general elections
should have taken steps to convene parliament in accordance with the
provisions of the law they promulgated and flouted.

4.  At the time of the elections, the political parties issued
manifestos promising their constituents political changes to be
accomplished through the parliament that would be formed.  Therefore the
political parties repeatedly and in very strong terms urged the military
authorities to convene parliament.  But they have shut their eyes and
ignored these requests.  Under these circumstances, the above political
parties deemed it their bounden duty to act on behalf of the people and
formed the Committee Representing the People's Parliament.

5.  That political parties should act on behalf of the people is a
notion which the military authorities are totally opposed to.  Therefore
the military intelligence arm of the army
(a) Illegally arrested and held in their custody Dr. Saw Mya Aung, aged
82 years, (Chairman of the Arakan League for Democracy) for a period of
13 months.
(b) Chairman of the Mon National Democracy Front, Mr Naing Htoon Thein,
aged  82 years and Chairman of the Zomi National Congress, Pu Kyint Shin
Htan were also illegally arrested and held. They were released for
medical treatment and though they informed the authorities after
receiving treatment that they were prepared to be re-arrested no action
was taken.
(c) However, on 3 November 1999, without showing any cause the above two
have been re-arrested and taken into custody.
6. The inevitable fact is that all the nationalities must work together
with solidarity for the stability of the country. Arresting and
imprisoning leaders of the different nationalities reflects a very
narrow-minded mentality.  By so doing the critical social, economic and
political problems that the country now faces can never be solved. The
solving of a country's extremely important issues are prevented and
hampered.

7. Political means must be utilized to obtain unity and stability. It
must be accepted that striking at each other with military strength by
armed groups and achieving "cease fire" agreements, making temporary
allowances for mutual economic advantage is not the answer for long term
peace and stability. Achieving genuine stability and unity of the 
nationalities is a political affair.

8.  We therefore emphatically urge that the leaders of the nationalities
who have been arrested and held in custody be immediately and
unconditionally released.


Committee Representing Parliament
20 November 1999

(Distributed by National League for Democracy)

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