General Baw Kyaw Heh Accuses Government Of ‘Dirty Politics’
October 8, 2013 |Author: Naw K'nyaw Paw
The Karen National Union (KNU), a leading ethnic armed and political organizations currently in peace talks with the Burma government, has been giving out mixed signals about a nationwide ceasefire that is being pushed by the government Minister U Aung Min.
Naw K’nyaw Paw, the Secretary of the Karen Women Organization (KWO), interviewed Lieutenant General Baw Kyaw Heh, the Vice Chief-of-Staff of the Karen National Liberation Army, to get his views for Karen News on a number of critical issues including the proposed ‘nationwide ceasefire’.
General Baw Kyaw Heh explained to Naw K’nyaw Paw that a nationwide ceasefire is nothing more than a tactic to split ethnic people.
“The Nationwide ceasefire agreement currently being promoted by Minister Aung Min and the Myanmar Peace Center is a hoax designed to divide and rule the ethnic nationalities.”
The government seems intent on pushing ahead with the signing of nationwide ceasefire agreement, even as serious fighting continues in Kachin and northern Shan State.
A government minister involved in the peace talks stated that the government would leave the ‘book open’ for those groups who do not want to sign an agreement now. General Baw Kyaw Heh was scathing in his response to the Minister.
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