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PEACE Info (May 29, 2020) PEACE Info (May 29, 2020) − MPs seek to disqualify Parliament Speaker in Myanmar − NLD Vows to Veto USDP and Military’s Bid to Impeach Speaker − State Counsellor congratulates armed group’s new leader − 13 policemen, civilians missing in attack in Myanmar’s Rakhine − 10 Police, Three Others Missing After AA Attacks Border Guard Outpost in Myanmar’s Rakhine − Ta’ang Armed Group Attacks Myanmar Military Convoy in Shan State − Myanmar Human Rights Commission Fails to Stop Abuses: NGOs − February – April 2020 Kachin and Northern Shan State Conflict Review − �တ�င�က�တ�စည�ပင��က��မတ�ဥက��၏ ည��ဖစ�သ�အ�� အ�ကမ��ဖက�ဥပ�ဒ�ဖင�� ဖမ��ဆ��အမ�ဖ�င�� − ရ�သ��တ�င�မ�� သဇင��မ ��င� နယ��ခ���စ�င��စခန��က�� �အ�အ တ��က�ခ��က� − ရ�သ��တ�င�က နယ��ခ���စ�င��ရ�ကင��စခန�� AA ဝင�တ��က� − ရ�သ��တ�င��မ ���နယ�ရ�� ရ�ကင��စခန��တစ�ခ�အ�� AA အဖ���က ဝင��ရ�က�တ��က�ခ��က�ခ���ပ�� ရ�တပ�ဖ���ဝင� ၁၀ ဦ���င�� က�လ�ငယ� တစ�ဦ� အပ�အဝင� မ�သ��စ�ဝင� သ�ံ�ဦ� �ပ��က�ဆ�ံ� − နယ��ခ���စ�င�� ရ�စခန��က�� AA ဝင�တ��က�၊ ရ�တပ�ဖ���ဝင�မ��� �ပ��က�ဆ�ံ� − သဇင��မ ��င�ရ�ကင��စခန�� တ��က�ခ��က�ခံရ�ပ�� �က��ရ�� ၅ ရ��မ� �ဒသခံမ��� �နရပ�စ�န��ခ��ထ�က���ပ� − ကပ��ဘ�က�လ အပစ�ရပ���ကည�ထ��တ�� တပ�န�� TNLA တ��က�ပ���ဖစ� − က�တ�ခ��င�-နမ��ဖတ�က� �က�� စစ�တပ� က��တစ�� တ��က�ခ��က�ခံရ − တပ�မ�တ�� ယ���တန��က�� TNLA �က���ဖတ�တ��က�ခ��က� − က�တ�ခ��င�တ�င� ပစ�ခတ�မ��ဖစ�ပ���၍ တ���ဂ�တ�ပ�တ�ထ�� − ကရင� လက�နက�က��င�အဖ���အမည� တံဆ�ပ�အတ� တပ�သ�မ���က�� အ�ရ�ယ�မည� ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 1 of 30 MPs seek to disqualify Parliament Speaker in Myanmar Myat Thura | 29 May 2020 Lower House Speaker U T Khun Myat attends the regular session of parliament in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: EPA/EFE An opposition-led group of legislators filed a resolution in parliament on May 28 seeking to disqualify Speaker U T Khun Myat for violating parliamentary rules during the charter amendment debate earlier this year. U Sai Tun Sein, MP for the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in the Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House), filed the resolution, which was signed by 110 legislators. U Thein Tun, Pyithu Hluttaw MP for Kyaunggon township in Ayeyarwady Region, said the resolution was signed by MPs of the USDP, Tatmadaw (military), and other parties. They accused U T Khun Myat of allowing one legislator to file an urgent proposal to amend the constitution without following proper procedures, and of violating parliament rules in approving the formation of the 45-member Joint Committee for Constitutional Amendment. “He tried to change the Constitution without following the Constitution,” U Sai Tun Sein said. He added that U T Kun Myat had violated parliamentary procedure by rejecting outright the amendments proposed by the opposition and Tatmadaw MPs. U Sai Tun Sein said, “If our proposals were defeated on the floor, we would have accepted the result, but they were rejected outright, and the public knows it.” U T Khun Myat, who replaced U Win Myint when the latter was appointed president of the country in March 2018, was elected to the Pyithu Hluttaw for Kutkai township in Shan State as a USDP candidate in 2015, but was later sacked by the party. An ethnic Kachin, U T Khun Myat once led a pro-Tatmadaw militia in Kutkai, served as director general of the Attorney General’s Office, and was a member of the commission that drafted the 2008 Constitution. MPs who want to debate the proposal to oust the Speaker must register by May 29, the deputy speaker said. The NLD failed in its effort to amend the 2008 Constitution after Tatmadaw MPs and their allies blocked the proposals. Page 2 of 30 Among the provisions the NLD hoped to change was the Tatmadaw’s automatic allocation of 25 percent of seats in parliament, which makes it impossible to change the charter without their support, because, under the Constitution, amendments must have the support of more than 75 percent of MPs. - Translated https://www.mmtimes.com/news/mps-seek-disqualify-parliament-speaker-myanmar.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NLD Vows to Veto USDP and Military’s Bid to Impeach Speaker By Htet Naing Zaw | 29 May 2020 Union Parliament Speaker U T Khun Myat. / Htet Naing Zaw / The Irrawaddy Naypyitaw —The National League for Democracy (NLD) said it will stand by Union Parliament Speaker U T Khun Myat, who faces calls for impeachment from military lawmakers and the military’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). An urgent proposal calling for the speaker’s impeachment signed by 110 lawmakers from the USDP, the military bloc and some ethnic parties was submitted to the Lower House on Thursday. It accuses U T Khun Myat, an independent parliamentarian, of violating the Constitution and failing to fulfill his duties on several occasions. A proposal to remove a speaker or deputy speaker requires the support of 110 lawmakers or a quarter of Parliament. To pass it requires the support of two-thirds of lawmakers in a secret ballot. The USDP and military appointees together hold around 32 percent of the seats, meaning U T Khun Myat will be able to retain his post if he is backed up by the NLD, which has a majority in the national legislature. NLD central executive committee member U Aung Kyi Nyunt said: “We will stand by U T Khun Myat on this issue.” U T Khun Myat is doing his best as the speaker of the Union Parliament and Lower House, said U Aung Kyi Nyunt. “I think the move is just intended to damage the reputation of the speaker rather than really remove him. It is political manipulation,” he said. USDP lawmaker U Sai Tun Sein, who submitted the impeachment proposal, admitted the proposal would fail but wanted it recorded in history. “I don’t expect the proposal will succeed,” said the ethnic Shan lawmaker. Page 3 of 30 U T Khun Myat when he was deputy parliamentary speaker. Htet Naing Zaw / The Irrawaddy U Sai Tun Sein said U T Khun Myat violated the Constitution and parliamentary law by allowing the NLD to submit an urgent proposal to form the Constitutional Amendment Committee while blocking a full parliamentary debate on charter amendment proposals submitted jointly by his party and military lawmakers. Lower House lawmaker U Sai Tun Aye of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy called the effort to impeach U T Khun Myat a smear. “It is difficult to say which side is right and which side is wrong. The proposal will fail when it is put to the vote. I think the proposal is dirty politics,” he said, adding that U T Khun Myat had performed well as speaker. Lower House lawmaker Daw Phyu Phyu Thin of the NLD said the USDP’s argument was weak. “Our party will stand on the right side,” she said. The parliament will debate the impeachment proposal next week. U T Khun Myat, who was previously a people’s militia leader in Shan State’s Kutkai Township, contested the 2010 election for the USDP as an executive member in northern Shan State and secured a Lower House seat. He retained his seat in the 2015 election and was elected deputy speaker. He resigned from the USDP’s central executive committee in 2017 and became the parliamentary speaker the following year with the majority support of the NLD when U Win Myint resigned as speaker to become president. He was also a member of the 2008 Constitution drafting board and a member of the 2008 Constitutional Referendum Commission. Translated from Burmese by Thet Ko Ko https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/nld-vows-veto-usdp-militarys-bid-impeach- speaker.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State Counsellor congratulates armed group’s new leader Sai Wanna | 29 May 2020 State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi congratulated the new leader of the ethnic armed group the KNU/KNLA Peace Council (KPC) on May 28 and urged him to continue to push forward the peace process. Page 4 of 30 State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi leaves after a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw, on January 18. Photo: EPA-EFE/Nyein Chan Naing General Saw Htaw Lay was elected to replace General Saw Htay Maung, who died May 4. "I congratulate Gen Saw Htaw Lay on becoming chairman of the KPC," Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said in a statement. The KPC is one of 10 ethnic armed groups that signed the government’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in 2015. Led by Gen Saw Htay Maung, commander of the Karen National Union’s 7th Brigade, it broke away from the KNU in January 2007. Colonel Saw Kyaw Nyunt, KPC spokesperson, said the new leader was elected at a commander's meeting at To-Kawko village in Kawkareik township in Kayin State on May 26. They also elected Major General Saw Yin Nu as vice chair, and Colonel Saw Shwe Kyaw as quartermaster general, he said. He added that the group continues to stand by the NCA to resolve political conflicts, even though the leaders change. U Hla Maung Shwe, a member of the government Peace Commission, expressed confidence in the new KPC leader.
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