Mon State Federal Council Reconstitutes Its Administrative Committee
On May 27, the Mon State Federal Council (MNFC) issued Order No. 1/2024 announcing that, following the council's second conference, its administrative committee has been reconstituted with a total of 10 members, the committee chair and nine department heads, to exercise the three branches of power in Mon State (territory).
The committee was formed to carry out the Mon State interim (revolutionary period) administrative arrangement under Chapter 8 of the state council's constitution, with Nai Mon Seing appointed as chair. Nai Din Palahan Tha serves as vice-chair and head of the Defence Department, and the department heads are Nai Pyinnya Man (Home Affairs), Mi Thuta Jaw (Humanitarian Affairs and Relief), Mi Mu Bae (Education), Mi Ma Ngay Thazin (Health), Dr. Thiri Mon Chan (Information and Public Relations), Mi Thuzar Htaw (Youth, Women, Children and Gender Equality), Nai Thaha Mon (External Relations) and Mi Zae Han Mon (Finance and Revenue). The order also states that the committee will work together with ethnic revolutionary forces, Spring Revolution forces, community-based organizations, local organizations and public-interest work.
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