Myanmar resistance groups repeat calls for federalism on Union Day; Regime sends reinforcements to Sittwe

In a joint statement released on Wednesday to commemorate Burma’s 78th Union Day, resistance groups and civil society organizations called the country’s highly centralized system of governance led by the military a failure and repeated calls for the need to replace it with what they have outlined as a “bottom up federalism approach.” 

The Karen National Union (KNU), the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), the Chin National Front (CNF), the New Mon State Party – Anti-Dictatorship (NMSP-AD), the Karenni State Consultative Council (KSCC), the Pa-O National Federal Council (PNFC), the Mon State Federal Council (MSFC), the Ta’ang Political Consultative Committee (TPCC), and the Women’s League of Burma (WLB), called for federalism.