Min Aung Hlaing meeting with the chairs, deputy chairs, and officials of political parties that have been registered under the military’s political party registration law
Mizzima
Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) has warned Myanmar political parties to not help the oppressive regime by acting as informants. This warning came in a statement on 10 February.
Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing met with the chairs, deputy chairs, and officials of political parties that have been registered under the military’s political party registration law, and asked them to inform on people who are opposing the military dictatorship.
The NUG says this could indicate that the military is attempting to use political parties and their members as a support mechanism for the military dictatorship.
Political parties are organisations that represent people, train politicians, promote political participation, form elected governments, propose and implement policies, raise political awareness, and perform their responsibilities by contesting in elections, according to the NUG.
The NUG believes the junta leader’s statement indicates that the junta disregards political parties’ mandates and responsibilities and is instead using political party leaders and their members as informants for the terrorist military junta, which is attempting to use them as their support mechanism under the so-called the “Public Security and Public Defence System”, and portraying the political parties as being historically responsible for destroying the country’s democracy.
The NUG statement calls on political parties to maintain their political integrity. It urges political party leaders and members who registered under the military-appointed sham election commission to refrain from being used as informants against the will of the people, to avoid being part of the military oppression mechanism, and to abstain from being portrayed as being historically responsible [for the destruction of democracy] by withdrawing their party’s registration and resigning their party membership.
