Representatives of the Restoration Council of Shan State/ Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) plan to meet in Yangon within the next few days to discuss solutions to their political differences and seek a common approach to constitutional reform.
![RCSS/ SSA chairman Lt-Gen Yawd Serk [Ywet Sit], second from left, meets with Shan Herald News Agency editor Khun Sai (center) and SNLD chairman Khun Htun Oo, second from right, at the SNLD office on June 12, 2013. Photo: Hong Sar / Mizzima](/files/images/2013/June/rcss-ssa-khun-ywet-sit-htun-oo.jpg "RCSS/ SSA chairman Lt-Gen Yawd Serk [Ywet Sit], second from left, meets with Shan Herald News Agency editor Khun Sai (center) and SNLD chairman Khun Htun Oo, second from right, at the SNLD office on June 12, 2013. Photo: Hong Sar / Mizzima")
“Our purpose is to work out how we can cooperate on solving political issues,” said RCSS/ SSA central committee member Sai Hla.
Speaking to Mizzima, he said that reformation of the 2008 constitution will be discussed extensively.
Sai Nyunt Lwin, the general secretary of the SNLD, confirmed that the meeting would go ahead, but said that no date or venue had yet been fixed.
Sai Hla said that the RCSS/ SSA, formerly known as the Shan State Army- South, would raise the issue of a “Panglong Conference”, a summit aimed at reinforcing ethnic parties’ wishes to adopt a federal system in Myanmar.
