The plans involve many kinds of campaigns including retaliatory voting if will the military junta uses force to make people vote 'Yes' in favour of the referendum, said a Mon youth leader inside Burma.
Despite the regime intercepting travelers in a heightened security environment in towns as well as through the network of transportation along Southern Burma, Mon youths have started distribution of pamphlets, posters, stamps and T-shirts to make people aware about the SPDC's referendum to approve the constitution which will perpetuate military rule.
A youth from inside Burma said, "They (people) are afraid of voting 'No'. That's why we have to explain to them that this is our last chance to remove the junta from Burma and tell them about the disadvantages of the referendum and the draft constitution. Our people have to vote "No" without fear this time".
The pamphlets have details about the national convention, the process of the constitution that the junta delineated for 14 years and explains the ensuing referendum in May.
The tightening of security in Southern Burma started this week not only in the town by the USDA but also in villages by the military as well as along the highways connecting Karen and Mon states and the Tennasserim division.
The armed ceasefire Mon ethnic group, the New Mon State Party early in March criticized the referendum and repeated its demand to the junta to hold a tripartite dialogue that can resolve the political impasse in Burma.
Mon Youths from the border also held a meeting for voting 'No' in the referendum and distributed T-shirts. They carried out a survey among the migrants along the border and internally displaced persons to campaign for the 'No' vote.
"The main goal of this campaign is to destroy or to shift the time of the referendum. Our second goal is vote to 'No', a youth leader from the border said.
Mon youths are into widespread campaign against the referendum targeting the four days -- the last days of the tenth grade examinations and the religious examination for monks, during Thin Gyan festival.
According to a Mon youth from Mae Sot border town, Mon youths held a meeting among themselves in the town and discussed the process of the referendum. They discussed ways they can be of help to the people inside Burma. He told Kaowao that this was a big challenge for the people to vote 'No' which they should do without fear.
