Ethnic and federal councils declare that the country will only be built through a Bottom-Up Federalism approach
The centralized system of governance, which has failed to resolve deep-rooted political issues for decades, not only fails to address existing problems but also creates more complex challenges. Therefore, instead of adopting a centralized federal system (Holding Together) that could strengthen the system, the approach to rebuilding the country will be based on Bottom-up Federalism, which focuses on strengthening the State towards strengthening the Union. . This was announced by the nine institutions of ethnic revolutionary organizations and State/Ethnic Representative Council councils on Union Day, February 12.
The announcement was made jointly by the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), the Karen National Union (KNU), the Chin National Front (CNF), the New Mon State Party (Anti-dictatorship) (NMSP-AD), the Karenni State Consultative Council (KSCC), the Pao National Federal Council (PNFC), the Mon State Federal Council (MSFC), the Ta-ang Political Consultative Council (TPCC), and the Women's League of Burma (WLB).
For the purpose of rebuilding the Union, the organizations have announced that they will begin using the Articles of Federal Transitional Arrangement (AFTA) as a guiding document for governance. This document will serve as a constitutional framework to establish federalism, with its preparation already underway.
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