New Mon State Party
Mon: ဗော်ဍုၚ်မည်တၟိ
Burmese: မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီ
ChairmanNai Hong Sar
Founded20 July 1958 (20 July 1958)
HeadquartersYe Chaung Phya (ရေးချောင်းဖျား)
Armed wingMon National Liberation Army
IdeologyFederalism
Mon interests
National affiliationUnited Nationalities Federal Council
ColoursRed, yellow, blue, white.
Party flag
Website
newmonstateparty.org

The New Mon State Party (NMSP) (Mon: ဗော်ဍုၚ်မန်တၟိ; Burmese: မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီ Burmese pronunciation: [mʊ̀m pjì t̪ɪʔ pàtì]) is an opposition party in Myanmar. Its armed wing, the Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA), has fought the government of Myanmar since 1949, but under different names. The NMSP has attempted many times unsuccessfully to push for constitutional and political reforms through the government sponsored National Convention. The NMSP had signed a ceasefire pact with the government in 1995 but the pact turned invalid when the party refused to accept to transform itself into a border guard unit.[1]

The Current chair-person is Nai Hong Sar (Mon: နာဲဟံသာ), who has succeeded his predecessor Nai Htaw Mon (Mon: နာဲထဝ်မန်) because of health issues.[2]

History

Following the SPDC's dissolution in 2011, the NMSP signed state level and union level agreements in 2012.[3]

On 13 February 2018, the NMSP signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. On 11 May 2023, the NMSP withdrew Peace Process Steering Team, which consists of ethnic armies that signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.[4]

On 23 May 2022, members of the NMSP held a meeting with the military ruler of Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing, over the possibility of a separate constitution for Mon State.[5]

Despite previous negotiations, on February 2024, New Mon State Party and its armed-wing Mon National Liberation Army who had previously remained neutral in the post-2021 coup conflict and were attending peace talks with the junta announced that they will no longer negotiate with the junta and will be joining hands with the revolutionary forces, effectively declaring war on the junta.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "NMSP". mmpeacemonitor.org. 6 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Nai Hongsar elected Chair of NMSP". Burma News International. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ "KNU and NMSP reach 2-point agreement at meeting with Tanintharyi Gov't". IMNA. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  4. ^ "New Mon State Party Withdraws from PPST". IMNA. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  5. ^ "NMSP meets with SAC to discuss a separate constitution of Mon State". IMNA. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  6. ^ "အာဏာသိမ်းစစ်တပ်ကို တိုက်ခိုက်မည်ဟု မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီ နိုင်ငံရေးစစ်ရေးဦးဆောင်အဖွဲ့ ကြေညာ". Democratic Voice of Burma (in Burmese). 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  7. ^ "မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီမှအတွင်းရေးမှူး၊ ဒုစစ်ဦးစီးချုပ်တို့မှ ပါတီတွင်းမှ ယုံကြည်ချက်တူသူများနှင့် လက်တွဲ၍ စစ်ကောင်စီကို တိုက်ခိုက်သွားမည်ဟု ကြေငြာချက်ထုတ်". Narinjara (in Burmese). 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

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