This morning at 9 am, the streets in Mandalay city center were more crowded than other days. When Myanmar’s rainy season ends and we approach winter, the situation may get more tense. By the end of September and October, there may be big movements in city centers too.
However, in states Kachin and Karen where there are active EAOs already opposing the junta, war will become more and more severe. In big cities like Mandalay and Yangon, nothing major is happening yet. So now NUG has declared “D-Day” but this doesn’t mean every Myanmar city will become a battlefield immediately. Or else, we just suffer more after such speech.” Honestly, I do hope NUG has excellent plans we all expect that. The staff also said “I hope NUG has a reasonable plan before they made this announcement. That person said that they haven’t gotten any support from NUG yet and in fact the military junta is sending forces to their town to oppress PDF and CDM staffs more. Because no serious and effective action has since been taken against the cruel military by any international mechanism, we must save ourselves.Īs soon as I heard this declaration, I thought NUG has fully supplied weapons to PDF and may be ready for actual war, so I contacted a CDM staff in Karen with whom I’ve kept in touch since March. The “defensive war” label is very important because the military junta waged war against unarmed innocent Myanmar civilians in February. In his speech Tuesday morning MMT, the Acting President explained that the D-Day declaration was made out of necessity. Today, September 7, Acting NUG President Duwa Lashi La announced everyone’s long-waited “D-Day”, the National Unity Government’s declaration of “defensive war” against the military junta. The text has been only lightly edited to respect the author’s voice. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding this law student’s name and institutional affiliation. JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February.
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