Five central executive committee members of the Mon Unity Party (MUP)

and some township-level party members have official resigned in

protest over cooperation with SAC on March 24th, according to their

posts on social media.

This came as a response after the majority of MUP ‘s CEC (executive

committee) accepted the military ‘s offers of positions inside the

State Administration Council. The acceptance of this offer veers from

the party’s policy which is opposed to dictatorship.

A member of MUP’s CEC Dr. Banyar Aung Moe now becomes a member of the

State Administration Council and the MUP’s Joint-Secretary Naing

Layitama, is a member of the Mon State Administration Council.

However the resignation of highly-respected Dr. Aung Naing Oo, a

former deputy speaker of the Mon State Parliament from the central

executive and supported by civil society, deals a blow to MUP

credibility, according to CSOs. However, he remains an MUP member of

Chaungsone Township.

Currently, the MUP is formed with 61 central executive members and 140

central committee members. The MUP is chaired by former New Mon State

Party’s CEC member Naing Tin Aung.

In 2019, the MUP is formed with some leaders from the Mon National

Party, the All Mon State Democracy Party and Mon CSOs.