February 20, 2011
Today marks the sixty-third anniversary of Zomi/Chin National Day. On this day in 1948, our forefathers at Falam, the then capital, eliminated by public vote, the Chin Hills Regulation Act, enacted for hereditary rulers to govern the country. Then, our forefathers replaced it by the Chin Special Division Act which introduces some democratic principles such as that rulers shall be elected by majority vote, such as village councilors and circle chairman councilors and so on. So, this day, the Zomi/Chin National Day, is the first day that creates the first democratic change after independence, the first hallmark of our independence.
This Zomi/Chin National Day is the result of Panglong Agreement: because of Panglong Agreement, Burma won her independence: because of this agreement, we celebrate here today our national day. But the most important thing remained unsolved to fulfill the terms of Panglong Agreement: due to lack of fulfillment, the Zomi/Chins cannot celebrate their national day everywhere in Burma but only in Chin State: even in Chin State too, not as Zomi/Chin National Day but as Chin State Day only. This is against the terms of Panglong Agreement.
Our forefathers singed the agreement on February 12, 1947 with a view to building a better Union of Burma on the basis of federal constitution as revealed vividly by the Frontier Areas Committee of Inquiry 1947 Report Part and Part II Appendices. Because of this unfulfilled Agreement, our country is now in a difficult position; as one of the Least Developed Countries in the world, under the rule of sham democracy, despotism.
So, let us follow the footsteps of our forefathers and continue the unfinished work to fulfill by means of Twenty-first Century Panglong Conference!
Central Executive Committee
Zomi National Congress
Today marks the sixty-third anniversary of Zomi/Chin National Day. On this day in 1948, our forefathers at Falam, the then capital, eliminated by public vote, the Chin Hills Regulation Act, enacted for hereditary rulers to govern the country. Then, our forefathers replaced it by the Chin Special Division Act which introduces some democratic principles such as that rulers shall be elected by majority vote, such as village councilors and circle chairman councilors and so on. So, this day, the Zomi/Chin National Day, is the first day that creates the first democratic change after independence, the first hallmark of our independence.
This Zomi/Chin National Day is the result of Panglong Agreement: because of Panglong Agreement, Burma won her independence: because of this agreement, we celebrate here today our national day. But the most important thing remained unsolved to fulfill the terms of Panglong Agreement: due to lack of fulfillment, the Zomi/Chins cannot celebrate their national day everywhere in Burma but only in Chin State: even in Chin State too, not as Zomi/Chin National Day but as Chin State Day only. This is against the terms of Panglong Agreement.
Our forefathers singed the agreement on February 12, 1947 with a view to building a better Union of Burma on the basis of federal constitution as revealed vividly by the Frontier Areas Committee of Inquiry 1947 Report Part and Part II Appendices. Because of this unfulfilled Agreement, our country is now in a difficult position; as one of the Least Developed Countries in the world, under the rule of sham democracy, despotism.
So, let us follow the footsteps of our forefathers and continue the unfinished work to fulfill by means of Twenty-first Century Panglong Conference!
Central Executive Committee
Zomi National Congress
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