Narinjara News
ALD demands a genuine statehood for Arakan State
The statement proclaimed that even though Arakan was granted statehood in 1974, its essence and
characteristics are not that of a genuine state.
All three the characteristics of political powers, namely
judicial, legislative and executive have always been under the strong control
of the central government.
The Arakanese have no say in the
affairs of their State, and all of their rights are being violated under a fake
federalism, which have been practiced by successive central governments since
independence in 1948.
The Arakanese joined actively in
the Burmese independence struggles with the Burmans
against the Japanese and British colonial rulers.
However, after independence, the Arakanese
were not even given a State status but regarded as a part of Burma Proper.
Historically, Arakan has been an independent kingdom;
and the Arakanese have been an independent people for
many millennia.
The current military junta have treated the Arakanese like a slave colony through means such as forced labour, forced relocation, and forced confiscation of the Arakanese ancestral land.
The statement also expressed the fear of forced labour and forced relocation that will result from the
project of natural gas pipeline export to
Statehood granted on
The statement also urged Arakanese
and other nationalities of
The Arakan League for Democracy
won 11 Parliamentary seats during the 1990 election, and it is also the third
wining political party of that election. #
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