SSPP’s spoke person Colonel Phain Pha said U Aung Min’s submitting to supreme legislative does not have foundation, the reason for fighting between SSPP and the government because of we don’t have relation office and haven’t settled for troops.
“We SSPP signed on 28 January 2012 for ceasefire. And we also had relation offices at Lar Show and Taunggyi. We limited the troop areas, where SSPP area is and where government area is and also sometime we have to withdraw and sometime they have to withdraw. Even we withdraw ours according to agreement; the government sides do not withdraw and then gave us third ultimatum. We already withdrew twice and now they ordered us again.” said Colonel Phain Pha. SSPP’s Officer in-charge at Lar Show relation office leading by Major Sai Aung La and Major Say Phain Pha leading at Taunggyi relation office. Yet we have relation offices, the battles are creation by government said some observers.
Union Peace Foundation Committee’s vice chairman U Aung Min replied as in this link http://www.kawli.info/?p=2520on the question asked by a member of legislature that even SSPP have agreed with ceasefire, why still fighting are occurring?
For SSPP, we can meet and discuss if the government give a reason for troops settlement, but why the government attacked SSPP with no informing. We already had over 30 battles, we reported through Lar Show and Taunggyi relation offices towards Union Peace Foundation and president. However, they could not resolved and continued attacking.
SSPP agreed 5 issues as U Aung Min’s request such as ceasefire in state level, opening relation offices, pre reporting for traveling with weapons under both controlling areas.
Other than that, we already discussed for Union level ceasefire, but still battles are continuing and getting serious until today said Colonel Phain Pha.
Map of Wan-Hai, HQ of SSPP (Photo – Internet)
Colonel Phain Pha continued and said “Let it be for problems have done. If the sides of U Aung Min want to meet and have a new discussion again, we can negotiate new agreements again. We can make discussion at that meeting. But current situation is giving ultimatum to withdraw. We reported to president. However, nothing was changing and the battles are still serious. So, we could not follow third ultimatum of government.”
From Ethnic groups did not deny with the government’s ceasefire discussion at state level, political discussion at Union level and political discussion at supreme level which are all of government’s agendas. Nevertheless, the government need to responsible with true benevolence according to their agreements in practices implementing civil peace.http://www.myanmar.com/newspaper/kyaymon/Aug20.pdf
Ethnic groups said according to consideration on these factors, the government have lied and never did as they said; even civil war was about 60 years, until day that government haven’t done the implementation with their true benevolence on the principles and actions or attitudes.
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