NUG FM Zin Mar Aung says revolution could succeed within two years with unity and right leadership

Mizzima

National Unity Government (NUG) Foreign Minister Zin Mar Aung said at a public meeting in Incheon, South Korea, that it is possible for the Spring Revolution to succeed within two years if there is the correct leadership and public unity, an organizer who attended told Mizzima.

Recording was restricted during the Q&A, so Mizzima could not confirm the remark, and the Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union (SCEF) did not respond to comment.

“She emphasized that for the revolution to succeed within a specific timeframe, it requires public unity, correct leadership, and active participation from everyone,” said Kyaw San, secretary of a Korea-based Myanmar federal democracy committee that helped organize the event. He said that when asked whether two years is possible, she said it is, but her main point was that unity and participation are the key factors.

The meeting was organized by the NUG’s representative office in South Korea and held at Bupyeong Town Hall on 8 November from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and attended by more than 100 Myanmar citizens in South Korea. The SCEF delegation included Zin Mar Aung, SCEF secretary; Neineh Plo of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), who also leads the Karenni Interim Executive Council’s foreign affairs committee; Chin National Front General Secretary Salai Thla Hei; and NUG Planning, Finance and Investment Minister Tin Tun Naing.

Officials explained political developments, the SCEF’s structure and history and its progress, then took questions. Neineh Plo described the SCEF’s unity policies as a response to the military’s divide-and-rule tactics and sham negotiations and encouraged Myanmar citizens in Korea to take part, and Yan Naing Tun, Myanmar’s representative to South Korea, gave information on residency matters. Only the officials’ speeches were posted on social media, according to a Mizzima source.

Kyaw San said attendees were satisfied because they could discuss matters frankly. The Q&A lasted about two hours, he said.

The delegation met South Korean lawmakers in Seoul on 4 and 5 November. Zin Mar Aung is due at the Paris Peace Forum on 10 and 11 November, where a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines is being prepared, according to diplomatic sources cited.