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The Tatmadaw must continue to fight a just war in cooperation with the local people in the face of the armed insurgents’ territorial expansion, says the Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw.
The Tatmadaw must continue to fight a just war in cooperation with the local people in the face of the armed insurgents’ territorial expansion, said the Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw made the following remarks in his speech at the graduation ceremony of the 128th Thura Battalion of the Tatmadaw (Army) Cadet Training School (Ba Htoo) held at the military parade ground in Bahtoo, on February 21.
The Tatmadaw is being supported by the entire public who want peace and stability for the just war being waged, and the public, government, and Tatmadaw are working together to eradicate the insurgents and suppress terrorism. The Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services said that they must work together with a united spirit. The only ones capable of making a region stable and peaceful and progressing in development, and the only ones capable of making it unstable and lagging behind in development, are the locals and local terrorists living in that region. The Tatmadaw must continue to fight a just war in cooperation with the local people who want stability and peace in response to the illegal terrorist acts and territorial expansion of armed insurgent groups.
Therefore, when they arrive at their respective battalions/units, they would like to urge them to work together with the public to ensure that the armed forces do not oppress the people in the areas they are assigned to serve, and to serve the state and the Tatmadaw. In addition, they must do their utmost to ensure that free and fair elections are successfully held and that those who have the right to vote do not lose their right to vote.
At present, some ethnic armed organizations that do not want to give up the armed forces, such as NUG, CRPH, The Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services said that the armed forces are using political means to instill fear in the people and expand their control over the areas they control. Such armed means have caused instability in some areas and have affected the socio-economic life and lives of the locals.
The insurgents who are using the armed method are working to gain power in their own areas rather than achieving permanent peace and joining the Union on the path of multi-party democracy. In particular, the terrorists are threatening and pressuring rational people and civil servants who want to live in peace, and they are carrying out more terrorist attacks across the country, causing the loss of lives, homes, property and public buildings of the people who want to live in peace and stability, the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services said.
The ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the National Security Council, the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services, General Htein Win, The ceremony was attended by Commander-in-Chief (Air) General Htun Aung, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, Union-level officials, the Chief Minister of Shan State, commanders from the Eastern Command, the Middle East Command, and the Triangle Command, the Principal of the Army (Army) Officers’ Training Academy (Ba Htoo), officials from the Ba Htoo Command Area, parents and relatives of the graduating cadets, and invited guests.
