NLD Central Executive Committee issues statement on 69th Martyrs' Day

NLD Central Executive Committee issues statement on 69th Martyrs' Day
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Mizzima
Delegates pay their respects on Martyrs' Day July 19 in Yangon. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
Delegates pay their respects on Martyrs' Day July 19 in Yangon. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima

The National League for Democracy Central Executive Committee issued a statement on the 69th anniversary of Martyrs' Day on July 19 saying violence was not a viable means for solving political problems.

According the the statement, the Martyrs including national leader General Aung San were assassinated on July 19, 1947 because the people who planned and carried out the assassination used violent means to solve political problems rather than using political means.

"Throughout Myanmar's independence movement, Martyrs including General Aung San had many qualities such as honesty, loving kindness, loyalty, vision, tolerance, perseverance, great determination, and courage. They were ideal leaders,” the statement said.

As Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was quoted as saying in the statement: "The Martyr courage is based on loving kindness. But the foolhardy-courage is based on anger and selfishness. The Martyr-courage is not based on the will to give up their lives. It is just based on the will to use their lives for the sake of the public. If they need to survive for the sake of the public, they will try to survive even if they are weary. They do not avoid duty and do not search to exit from the situation. If they have no option except to give up their lives, they will do it with courage.”

“There are two points that can encourage us in today's 69th Martyrs' Day ceremony. The first point is that this is the first [Martyrs' Day] ceremony held under a democratic civilian government elected by the people in more than 50 years. The second point is that we include all national ethnic people who have been working for unity, peace and to build a democratic federal Union via the second Panglong Conference or the 21st Century Panglong Conference that is based on national reconciliation, the objective of the Martyrs.”

The statement quoted Suu Kyi as calling on people to become worthy of a Martyr-country.

We would like to solemnly urge you to try to make a united and peaceful democratic federal Union, which is a dream of the Martyrs and to dutifully show our gratitude to the Martyrs, the statement said.

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