NUG Defense Minister: People’s Administrations can be established in PDF controlled territories

07 April 2022
NUG Defense Minister: People’s Administrations can be established in PDF controlled territories

The National Unity Government (NUG) Defense Minister Yee Mon said that Interim People’s Administrations can be set up in regions which are overseen by People Defense Forces (PDFs), in a 6 April NUG report.

“Currently, People Defense Forces (PDFs) have been able to govern plenty of territories in the countryside, and an Interim People’s Administration body has been established,” he said.

The report does not say where such administrations could be set up, but local PDFs have been assisting internally displaced people, running interim educational programs, and carrying out public health programs in Sagaing and Magway Regions.

“To some extent, the territorial dominance has been in readiness, though it does not mean that the territory is free. The interim education program has begun in the Myaung area,“ said an official of Myaung Women’s Guerrilla Group.

Interim People’s Administrations have been formed in territories controlled by PDF forces since the declaration of the civilian-led revolution against the military junta on 7 September 2021. Additionally, people's defense forces have been operating a guerilla attack strategy to attack the military junta in Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw, according to the NUG’s Defense Minister.

PDFs have been organized without foreign aid and are completely supported by public funds. The PDFs are not always adequately armed, but the NUG Ministry of Defense has promised that at some time the PDFs will be supplied with sufficient weapons.