Sagaing, Mandalay, and Magway federal units approved as new members of SCEF

Mizzima

Meeting No. (2/2026) of the Steering Committee for the Establishment of a Federal Democratic Union (SCEF) was held on the evening of 8 September during which the Sagaing Federal Unit, Mandalay Region, and Magway Federal Unit were officially approved as new member organizations.

According to a statement issued by the SCEF, the meeting commenced with opening remarks by the rotating chairman of the SCEF, Khu Oo Reh. Subsequently, the secretariat presented its progress reports, and representatives from the newly admitted federal units and region delivered their respective greeting speeches.

With the addition of these three new members, the SCEF which was originally comprised of the National Unity Government (NUG), the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), the Karen National Union (KNU), the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), and the Chin National Front (CNF) has now expanded its membership to a total of nine organizations.

The SCEF is structured around three main pillars: Federal Units and Ethnic Armed Organizations, Public Representatives, and Women’s Representatives. For the military sector, military leaders from the KNU and KIO, alongside the NUG’s Minister of Defense serving as secretary, are actively coordinating and implementing military operations in collaboration with allied revolutionary forces.