U Yee Mon says revolutionary groups open to dialogue if Myanmar’s military agrees to systemic change

Miizima

Union Minister U Yee Mon of the National Unity Government (NUG) has said that revolutionary forces would not oppose political dialogue if coup leader Min Aung Hlaing and the military were genuinely willing to discuss systemic change.

“If the coup leaders came to realize and are genuinely willing to discuss systemic change through political dialogue, I don’t believe the revolutionary groups would reject that,” he said in an exclusive interview with PVTV, a media outlet affiliated with the NUG.

He stressed that Myanmar’s people have long sought to end military involvement in politics through peaceful means, but generations of politicians have been forced to sacrifice themselves. Now, amid the Spring Revolution, young people and civilians are taking up armed struggle, driven by the conviction that death is preferable to life under oppression.

U Yee Mon warned that if the military continues to cling to absolute power, the institution founded by General Aung San risks total collapse.

“The people will not back down,” he said, noting that if political problems could be solved through political means, there would be no need for armed revolution.

While the military is viewed as a collective, he argued that ultimate responsibility lies with a small group of top commanders.