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AIL BURMA STUDENTS' DEMOCRATTC FRONT

ALL RURMA STIDSI\ITS' DM(OCRATIC FRC]']T (ENSIN)HE]iD.;UARTERS

EXPLANATORY STATTTdLITT ON gIIE TilrRI C0NFEIEIC.EFL,i1

ALL IIMBERS OF ?HE ABS}F'

999999999999s999q9696q9ss1q99999996696966q996901e9909999999s9969s99ee9es1. The third conference of the AtsS-lF conmenced on 14 August 1991. Durlngthe conference, the process of discussions was much delayed due toheated debates and disagreements among the representatives concerningthe political and militarSr pollcies of the ARSIF. The climax ofd.isagreements happened in the efection process. Regardi-ng the agendaand. sessions of the conference, ure Ceem i-t necessary to present anexplanatory statement for all members of 1i:he AESIF2. Accord.ing to the financial report submitted to the conference, thetot.a1 amount of the funds during the previous two-year term of theconference was(") more than 5roooroco tsahtt(t) 32.fr, of the total financial income (rvhich amounted to morethan 2TOOOTOOO Eaht) was spent on the expenses of lndividua.l

members of the central cornnittee and that of the offices;(") only 8.5$ $bJ"ch amounted to only 5C0roo0 Baht) was spent onthe armed revolution.( tfre report itself reveals that the main aim of the ABSDF to overthrovrthe military d.i-ctatorship tbrough the armed revolution was notprioritized. but almost neglected by the central committee.)J. The accounting reports of the Financial Department submitted to theconference are(a) not accountable for scrutiny;(t) ttre accountsare not prepared according to thc basics of simple

accountancy I(c) tne reports are technically impossible to be approved.

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(z)Tin }rlaung Tun, the offlcial auditor of the oentral commi-ttee, statedbeforetherepresea{+t'-I?".of,theconferencethattheaccountswerehurried,ly ad.justed. .iq:t"before the commencement of the conference; that

he himself had. done tbe adjuitment; and that the accounts weretechnically unaccountable e*nd, therefore, impossible for inspection'4,oni.nspectingthecluarterlyfinancialtransactionbyMaung}i,theassistant secretary of the Financial }epartment, the Audit committee

found that (r) of the total amount (z+oooo tsaht) of money transaction,only IOOOO Baht was paid to the cam^os rrnd the rest werespentontheexpensesofthecentralcommi.ttee,offices,(.) ;*L-";:';l:-,.;T,;": X',;::"ll"l"u,ca1 expenses ofthe rvounded stu,lents v.,ho needed money for emergency

mdtltcal treatment; antl that on the same date he paid alarge amount of money to some central connnittee memberswho were most acquainted- with him'

5. Tberefore, we had urged the conference to take imnediate actionsagainst those who were responsible for breach of mles and' mishand'lingof funds. Ilowever, thi-s was unscrupulously lgnored by the so-ca11edmajority 1ed bY Dr. Naing Aung'6. During the general tliscussion session, Thet Thet Lwin confessedherself to be divergent from the main policy and decisions of the AISDFby attempting tb establish a non-violent group in the revolutionary &I&oThis also was not well discussed and- turned" asid'e unscrupulously'

7. Similar1yl in an issue of the 1991 rDawn Bulletint, one whole pagewas flourishly printed with a pictrEe of a refugee on hr:nger strike i-nfront of the Burmese embassy and the caption that he had chosen thenon-vi-oIen mean since the armecl revoluti-on could ensue bad consequences.Regarding this we had. d.el-iberately pointed out that the secretary of thelnformation Department had abused the rules and' that it was a d'ownrightinsult to all armed revolutionary organizations and' the comrad-es who hadgiven up their lives for the democratic cause'8. ',If necessary we should compromise with the enemy as a tactic to bave'good image at the international level.tt This was the statement' asEuet Thet Lwin had. confessed Sefore the representatives of theconferencer made by herself and Drr Thaung Tun'9. The central committee d-id not respontE offlcially to the question asto u,hether the BcG had requested to change the armed revolutionary gayof the ABSIF.

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(i)10. During the appeal sessionl Dr. Kxraw Thet oo of Ye-Gyaw campt

submitteh a case on so-called appeal for Ko Ko Lay, the one whoabscond-ed with d hund.'r.ed-r thousandsworth of Baht for the purchase ofarns for the Battallbn (fOZ). Ko Ko Iray was thus trletl and eentenoedto 5-month imprisoriiaent in absentia on the ground's of desertion andmisappropriation.Intheprocessofrevi-ewlngtbecase,therepresentatives also discovere'.l the unlawful acts of 'Khln MaungIlinrthesecretaryoflnformationlepartmentrlr.iiyawThetoorand'some central committee rnembers. Khin }{aung win helped keep Ko Ko Layoff the 1ega1 procet)r,rings b}, offering financia.l and job assistance'KoKotayrvasholetlupinYeGyawcampwiihthehelpofDr.KyawThet Oo. similarly, some central commitiee memtrers ;;l:usec'1 tlierr:i)ositions and powers by d.isrrrpting the arrest of the sa'id absconrler'Thustbedisnrpti.veandconspirationaleffortsofsomecentralcomtittee members were uncovered- tluring the proceedings '

11. In ad.tlition to this,, another case of extrajud-icial Eilling tl4sbrought to 1ight. Despite th.e AtsSIlF ejBstitution that forbidscag.i-tal punishment at the camp levelr four people includ'ing twociviliansweresentencedtodeathbya''gl'rupinclu'iingTtranNaingof Battal:.on (fOf). Being a crlminal caset we pressed charges againstThanNaingand.tbegroup.Ilowevell}r.IrlaingAunSandhisSroupbroke off the d-isoussion and decid':il the cp'se to be adjuclge'1 by tirenest cetrt::;1 c.:nrnlttee'll:2. In thls way the central committee members have repeatedl-y doneriotions that a.re not compiia.nt with tbe coastitution and- are dov"nr'ighttransgresstron of the 1-'o1itlca1 t'nd milltary policies of the ABSIF'i3. Iespite these at,ies an6. criminal actions nothing coul'J 'be ritxeto take aCtions aga.inst t,]rose who are responsible' In their shamelesscfforttomaintainpoweranc.position,theremorselesscentralcommittee members tried- to Frrt rrndue j-nfluenc'e on the representativesthrough intimid-ation, money anc. posi-tlon incentives, and" whisperingcampaigns agai-nst others. lio sooner had the conference begr:'n' thana shadow set up of oentral committee, with Dr. iiainS Aung as thechairman, carne out to start the rumour. Then the infectious 1'ur0oursoon rea-c?ied the Eangkok circles '14. In such conditions, mere a.d-option of political an'1 military policier;alone is not adequate. To choose or not to choose a Tue1l organised andefficient central cornmittee is of utmost importance and necesiity'!5. Tberefore, on the election day, we proposed that the representationwith franchise sh-ould be based. on leadership: norms an,:l that it' should

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(a)be mandatory. However, i)r. Naing Aung, having planned to put undueinfluence on the maSority.of the representati.ves, refused our proposal.16. Iue to thls disagf,.dement on the process of election the conferenced.ecid.ed. to have a quprum of 1] ( one from each of 1l camps) to seek acompromise soluti-on.1?. During the discussion process, despite our effort to compromisewith open mintledness and toleranee, Dr. Nai.ng Aung stubbonly demandedobedience to the so-ca11ed majority.18. Dr. Naing Aung and h.is group d-isrupted- the d.iscussion again andforced. the chairoan of the commission for conference to continue theeonferenee through intimidation. Being a responsible person, thechairman of the conmission mad-e clear that thie should be avoidedsince it was uncor15tLtutional. On this Dr. Nai-ng Aung a.nd the group orderedthe chairman of the- conference to get out of the conferoceo19. At the same time they d-issolved the 1ega1ly forzred commission andreformed an i11ega1 one witb Soe Lin, Myo l[in, and Tun Myat Thu. Afterputting up the so-ca11ed functional supervisory group, they seized thearms and took holcl of the headquarters.20. Such conditions sould only oreate d.i'sintagratlon,of the ABSIF intbe interest of the eneqy. Therefore, the DAB lead.ersrin responee tothe appeal of some representatives, offered to nediate in the di.spute.

21-. After thoroughly discussing the process of electing 23 centralcommittee members before the DAB leaders, the 1l representativesof the camps agreed- to nominate JO cantlid.ates.22. Tbe lnterest.of the revolutiion and the unlty of the AffiIF

being the main "im ,ria without preference to any form of personalattachmentrwe proposed. the nominatj-on of JO canclirlates as well as thefollowing lead.ership norns well accepted by the revolutionaryorganizations-(a) a[egiance to the political military policies and prograllunes of theABSDF,(b) ered.ibil1ty,(o) self-sacrifice,(d) gooa norality, and("), "t itL in managing.In tbe. nomination of 3O candid.ates, we sincerely inclucled many candidateswho be long to Dr. traing Aungts group.

23. Eoweverl regard.ing our propesal for nomination of the candidatestDr. Naing Arrngts main aIm(a) to oust Moe Thee Zun,(t) to put up Dr. I{aing Aung as the chai.::man of the ABS}F,

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(l)(c) to select all 23 candid.ates of Dr. Naing Aungle choice for thethe cent'ral:cld*dtit.tqe was clearly revealed as a proven hard fact.24. I[hereas the insip6erity of Dr. Naing Aung and his group had. becomea hindrance to the..'election process, we promised to accept thegood-hearted assistance and suggestion of the DAB lead"ers. They alsorefused. this.25. Consid.ering the situations both at the national and. internatj"onallevels, Gen. Saw Bo Mya finally suggested the compromise sharing ofcentral committee posts. 213 of all central committee posts to be sharedby Dr. Naing Aung and his group on condition that Moe Thee Zun be

reelected. as the chai-rman. We aceeptetl this. Bowever, d.ue to thewhispering campaigns of Dr. Naing Aung and his group, the situat'ion had.become worse. urgsd26.. $lhatever difficulties we had to overcome, weflr. Naing Aung and hisgroup repeated-ly to be more tolerant for find.ing a compromise solutionand. avoid.ing d.isintegrat j-on and discred.ition of the ABSIF.27. Then Dr. Naing Aung and. his group, announced. that they had d.ispelletlour (ZZ) representatives from their so-called. conference which was notquorate. Since there was a total of (8f) representatives to the

conference, the minimum nr:mber of representatives who had" to be presentto make if, valid was (50). Therefore, the act of Ir. Naing Aung and hisgroup was ve,ry unconstitutional . It was sinply mobocracy.'28, Simi-1arly, they also held. an lnva1id electlon and formed aso-ca1led- central committee with Dr. Naing Arrng as its chairman.ry. (a) According to the ABSDF constitution the election of the centralcomnittee by voting ils not compulsory.(t) fne central committee elected, by voting from the secon&conference had. repeated-ly d.one actions whlcb are not compllanf withthe ABSDF constitution and are d.ownright traasgresslons of the mainpolitical and military policies and programmes of the ABSDF.nn the llght of these hard. facts we have mad.e efforts to establisha well organized. and efficient central committee d"espite lame excusesand. refusals of Dr. Naing Aung and his group. Their attitud.e towardsthe present situation Lr the ABSDF, in the oplnions of many sinoerepeople, seem to cause suspicion since they are very i.rratj-onal .

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+3O. Presentlyr,se'.afei--ha{1n! a very crltical tine tlue to the yery unlqueBolltisal anil, nllitraly situati.ons and the lnfiltratioa of a brrnob sf 'en6By apies at tbeoABSDI'ieadquarters in the Kachin state. :''.Tberefore, we cleem tt necessary to establieh a well organized and.efficient cantral cornmlttee to annlbilate the milltary dictatorshipwithout compromlsing through the arued revolution.

Central CommitteeAll hrrma Studentsr Dsnocratic Front

25 october 19991

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