(NDF Statement) From NLD_LA informa

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Subject: (NDF Statement) From NLD_LA informational Dpt.

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT
		***(BURMA)***
STATEMENT OF THE EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE CENTRAL PRESIDIUM
					
The presidium members of the National Democratic Front (NDF)successfully held a two-day emergency meeting in the Karenni areas from 24 April 1996 to 25 April 1996. This is not only the first meeting of the (NDF)since the fall of Manerplaw to the enemy in 
January 1995, but also the first meeting in the KNPP areas, and as a result, the assembly was a very auspicious one.
The meeting was attended by NDF members representing seven groups; the Aran Liberation Party(LAP),the Chin National Front(CNN),the Karen National Union(KU),the Karen National Progressive Party(KNPP),the Pa-O People Liberation Organization(PPLO),the Palaun
g State Liberation Front(PSLF),and the Wa National Organization(WNO).
Despite the relatively short duration of the meeting, because  the delegates were able to hold very free and frank discussion, they achieved a number of important decisions on current and critical issues.
All the NDF leaders	agreed that the present situation inside Burma is extremely critical, and that the country is at a crucial political junture, which could profoundly affect in future. The leaders	agreed that at this time, it is essential for all member
s to hold firm to their basic principles of equalit,self-determination,and federalism,in order to continue to oppose the SLORC regime, and to prevent the junta from enforcing their undemocratic	constitution, which will only consolidate and  further their 
own military rule over the country.
The participants also agreed to promote certain of the Executive Committee to fill existing vacancies.Accordingly,the vice- president of the NDF, Lt Gen.Tamalabaw,has been promoted to President,the current Deputy Secretary of Military Affairs,Gen.Aung Tha
n Lay,has been promoted to Secretary,the currentDeputy Secretary of Foreign Affair,Col.Hkun Okker,has been promoted to Secretary,and the current Deputy Secretary of the Organizating Committee,Salai Myo Aye,has been promoted to Secretary.
Other important resolutions were reached in the meeting on the NDFs policy regarding cease-fired members and the National Council of the Union of Burma(NCUB).
In terms of their immediate strategy, the NDF members present at the meeting resolved to convince two further assemblies in succession within the balance of 1996; the Fourth Congress of the NDF and the National Democracy Seminar. The working committees fo
r these two		meetings were also fixed respectively.
In conclusion, the NDF as a most fundamental and enduring organization strongly reaffirmed its aim to abolish the SLORC military dictatorship absolutely, with the help of the democratic forces and the peoples power inside Burma, under the leadership of Do
 Aunt Sun Us kyi. However,the NDF also agreed to participate in tripartite dialogue initiated by the UN and other world communities as the central organ of the ethnic nationalities of Burma.

25 April 1996                  
 
1358, the waxing moon of Kasone,9 

Central Presidium Committee
National Democratic Front (Burma)