1. Today, after 48 years we are still confronted with a high-handed Military rule in the land of our forbears that denies the inherent rights of the people and freedom that was already achieved under Independence.  

2. In the pursuit of peace and prosperity in the last 48 years, much has been sacrificed in human lives and treasure in the honor and glory of our land.  

3. Today, on the 48th. year of revolution, we have not achieved the stated goal of regaining freedom, but losing grounds in the occupied region.  

4. A few leaders, who have become interested in their own welfare, decline to discuss or initiate talk about the purpose or mission, but instead placate the enemy for personal gain. Now a time has come for the people to realize that there is no consensus of unity of purpose in the leadership.  

5. The ceasefire agreement with the SPDC had not produced peace and progress, but a regression that allowed the rampant spread of HIV/AIDS and other treatable diseases in the indigenous population which had lost the battle of social justice and to suffer the depletion of their natural resources.  

6. We can no longer ignore or overlook what is happening all around us. The injustice inflicted upon our people calls for action and this is to be accomplished by uniting all the people in uprooting the enemy from our land.
 

Central Committee
Kachin National Council
Kachin National Organization

 

Original Statement (English, Kachin, Burmese)