The National League for Democracy (NLD) political party released a statement on 27 September, the 35th anniversary of the party’s foundation in 1988.
Below is the statement:
1. Since the time when the National League for Democracy was originally established, it is the political party that has been founded to stand up for the goals of basic human rights and federal democracy and to make efforts to ensure that no authoritarian political system that oppresses the people ever emerges.
2. The National League for Democracy won the elections contested by a landslide with the support of the entire people, under the leadership of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the serious implementation of the will of the people.
3. As a political party, it is customary to contest in elections but the NLD opposed and stood up against the 2010 elections due to a lack of democratic standards and unfair election laws; and today the NLD will not recognize and oppose the ham election planned to be held by the military council, which has illegally retained state power.
4. After the coup d'état on February 1, 2021, the military junta has arrested, detained and imprisoned activists from various regions including the leaders of the NLD and civilians to the present day, resulting in 15,838 civilians who have been detained, including 1,769 members of the National League for Democracy, and 97 members of the National League for Democracy who have been among the 4,011 civilians who have been unlawfully arrested, tortured and killed.
5. The military junta illegally sealed and confiscated the property of 688 people, including the assets and properties of 373 members of the National League for Democracy. In addition, they invaded various offices of the NLD, including the central headquarters, stole, demolished and burned down properties 160 times.
6. After the military coup, the National League for Democracy is unable to carry out office work at various levels of the party offices, but we are consolidating and consulting the members of the NLD, using the online digital platform in order to act to achieve the success of the Spring Revolution and we have convened Party Central Committee three times as we are adopting and implementing the way forward for party activities.
7. In addition, we have formed region and state negotiation/coordination groups and have mandated them to work closely with the regional revolutionary forces as well as political parties that do not cooperate with the military council by working together to find ways to achieve federal democracy and the success of the revolution and working in practical ways to finally eradicate the military dictatorship in Myanmar’s politics.
8. We, the National League for Democracy, call on and urge friendly countries and the international community to support us for the unconditional release of all political prisoners, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, chairperson of the National League for Democracy, who is essential in ensuring that Myanmar crisis does not escalate and spread to the level of regional problem and in building a federal democratic union, the provision of humanitarian assistance to war-affected civilians and stop the military from targeting and attacking of civilians as soon as possible.
9. We would call on and urge the United Nations Credentials Committee to continue to only recognize Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun who was appointed during the civilian government elected by the people of Myanmar with the right to represent Myanmar at the United Nation
