The Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing met with commandants, senior instructor officers, senior officer lecturers and teachers from Defence Services Medical Academy, Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science, and Defence Services (Army) Officers Training School (Hmawby) at the Convocation Hall of the DSMA in Mingaladon station of Yangon Region on 23 December.
Regarding the training session, the Senior General delivered the speech as follows:
· The Defence Services Academy, the Defence Services (Army) Officers Training School (Bahtoo) and the Defence Services (Army) Officers Training School (Hmawby) are directly turning out the military leaders as well as the Defence Services Medical Academy and Defence Services Technological Academy are producing the military leaders endowed with skills in respective subjects.
· Defence services academies are different from civilian universities in academic measures. Civilian universities prioritize personal learning and practical works with own attitude for taking the examination.
· As the tough training will save lives, it is necessary to systematically give training to the cadets to become skilful future leaders on whom the Tatmadaw can rely.
· They have actual skills in respective subjects at different levels and apply them in the practical fields.
· As the ratio of trainees to the instructors has been adjusted, they need to turn out the qualified ones.
· Trainees must control themselves at different levels through the guardian system to have better morals and discipline.
· It is necessary to train the cadets to have excellent skills in respective subjects.
· Trainers need to know the individual nature of trainees and take care of needs and weakness of trainees with special training so as to turn out the actually qualified ones.
· To be able to do so, the qualified instructors have been appointed, so they have to apply their experiences and skilful subjects in the training session.
Regarding the political changes in Myanmar,
· The Tatmadaw cooperated with the government in serving its assigned duty in line with the law in the terms of 2011 and 2015 democratic governments.
· As it was found that the tasks of the ruling party were not in line with the law starting from 2018, the Senior General, himself urged them to follow the disciplines and fairness in the democracy for many times.
· But, it was known that advance voting in the election was not in line with the law, and voter lists were wrong in the election according to information from some persons and political parties.
· In scrutinizing the voter lists, wrongdoings were found. So, the Senior General himself urged officials of the government and the Union Election Commission to solve the problems of wrong voter lists many times.
· The Tatmadaw held coordination with officials many times but they did not address it. Hence, the State responsibilities were taken with the declaration of the emergency of State in accord with the Constitution (2008).
· Although the Tatmadaw took the State responsibilities under the emergency situation, its governance goes forwards under the democracy way.
· Hence, the Tatmadaw is taking peaceful and stable measures to minimize the least casualties.
· The government is striving to hold free and fair elections. It is necessary to avoid the wrong voter lists as much as possible, take care of losing the voting chances of the people and prevent the malpractice of voting.
· As issuance of citizenship scrutiny cards is being undertaken for all eligible voters but it hits just 25 per cent completion. So, the entire people need to cooperate in the issuance of CSC.
· In analyzing the organizations related to the armed conflicts in Myanmar, some ethnic groups held arms due to different attitudes in political affairs, ethnic affairs and doctrines from the post-independence era to the period before 2011.
· Some of them became the signatories of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in 2015, participating in the dialogues in the peace process.
· After the democratization process in 2011, some ethnic organizations held arms turning a blind eye to democracy.
· Some terrorists emerged due to voting frauds in the 2020 multiparty democracy general election in 2020. The Tatmadaw does not have any reason to hold talks with these terrorist groups.
· The Tatmadaw tried to meet with political parties representing the people but they failed to meet with the Tatmadaw.
· Political parties represent their supporter people in groups but do not represent them personally.
· As political parties are political organizations representing the people, arrangements are being made to meet with them.
· A plan is underway to take action against some persons without turning a blind eye to democracy. No man is above the law. If one is not in line with the law, action will be taken against them.
· Depending on the peace and stability of the country, the Tatmadaw is striving for holding the multiparty democracy general election in August 2023 as much as possible.
The meeting was attended by the Chairman of the SAC Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services accompanied by Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Admiral Moe Aung, Commander-in-Chief (Air) General Maung Maung Kyaw, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, Commander of Yangon Command, commandants, senior instructor officers, senior officer lecturers and cadre officers.
- As the tough training will save lives, it is necessary to systematically give training to the cadets to become skilful future leaders on whom the Tatmadaw can rely.
- They have actual skills in respective subjects at different levels and apply them in the practical fields.
- Although the Tatmadaw took the State responsibilities under the emergency situation, its governance goes forwards under the democracy way.
- Hence, the Tatmadaw is taking peaceful and stable measures to minimize the least casualties.
- The government is striving to hold free and fair elections. It is necessary to avoid the wrong voter lists as much as possible, take care of losing the voting chances of the people and prevent the malpractice of voting.
- Some terrorists emerged due to voting frauds in the 2020 multiparty democracy general election in 2020. The Tatmadaw does not have any reason to hold talks with these terrorist groups.
- A plan is underway to take action against some persons without turning a blind eye to democracy. No man is above the law. If one is not in line with the law, action will be taken against them.
- Depending on the peace and stability of the country, the Tatmadaw is striving for holding the multiparty democracy general election in August 2023 as much as possible.