Provisional President Min Aung Hlaing says he will bring peace to the country within 5 years

Ayeyarwaddy Times, June 28, 2023 Military leader Min Aung Hlaing, who created the position of provisional president through the fraudulent 2025 elections after the illegal military coup, has stated that they will work to bring peace to the country within 5 years. This is according to a statement from the provisional government, which, on the other hand, has once again invited Ethnic Armed Organizations (EROs) that are resisting, to engage in peace talks without preconditions. The military leader, along with the coup, personally violated the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and is the one who has ordered airstrikes across the country. He made this invitation without preconditions shamelessly at the meeting of the Central Committee for the Implementation of Development in Border Areas and National Races held on June 26. The provisional president stated that after forming the interim government, they set a 100-day plan and invited EROs for peace, but in reality, on the ground, they are intensifying military operations and conducting airstrikes in areas where they are militarily disadvantaged and can no longer control, by issuing martial law. Due to such acts of terrorism, innocent civilians are being killed and injured, and forced to flee. Homes, hospitals, clinics, schools, and even religious buildings are being destroyed by airstrikes and arson. Therefore, EROs have designated the provisional government's invitation for peace as a deception and have rejected it. "We were not free. To put it simply, we wanted to run out like a horse from a stable, all at once. But now we cannot go. There are obstacles. Those obstacles are conflicts," the provisional president said at the meeting, covering up the crimes he has committed. The provisional president is blaming the revolutionary organizations that do not accept their invitation for peace and is propagandizing for the People's Defence Force (PDF) to lay down their arms and surrender. However, it is known that they are trying in various ways to meet and exert pressure on the revolutionary organizations through some countries such as China, Russia, and India, which support the coup. The military leader also blamed the previous NLD government, which they illegally seized power from, and claimed that development in ethnic regions had lagged, and that they would work to develop them. Currently, the provisional government led by the military leader is facing sanctions from ASEAN, the United Nations, the United States, and most countries around the world due to the coup and acts of terrorism, and is being isolated by the international community. The international community has also clearly stated that it does not accept any of their processes, including the fraudulent 2025 elections, which they are orchestrating to solidify their power. Photo – MOI This post appeared first on Ayeyarwaddy Times.