{"id":7144,"date":"2025-08-06T04:25:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T21:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/?p=7144"},"modified":"2025-08-06T04:25:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T21:55:57","slug":"aseans-myanmar-meeting-nld-sends-letter-unable-to-attend-in-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2025\/08\/aseans-myanmar-meeting-nld-sends-letter-unable-to-attend-in-person\/","title":{"rendered":"ASEAN\u2019s Myanmar Meeting: NLD Sends Letter, Unable to Attend in Person"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Myanmar Spring Chronicle \u2013 August 3 Viewpoint<\/strong>
(MoeMaKa \u2013 August 4, 2025)<\/em><\/p>\n

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ASEAN\u2019s Myanmar Meeting: NLD Sends Letter, Unable to Attend in Person<\/h3>\n

To address Myanmar\u2019s political crisis, Malaysia\u2014currently the rotating chair of ASEAN\u2014is hosting a Stakeholders Engagement Meeting on Myanmar<\/em> on August 4. The meeting is intended to bring together key relevant parties, and the National League for Democracy (NLD)<\/strong> was invited to attend. However, on August 3, the NLD Central Working Committee (CWC)<\/strong> announced via the party\u2019s Facebook page that it would not be able to participate<\/strong>, and instead submitted a letter expressing its stance on eight key points.<\/p>\n

In the letter, the CWC cited difficulties with international travel<\/strong> as the reason for non-attendance. Malaysia, as this year\u2019s ASEAN chair, had already met in April with both Min Aung Hlaing<\/strong>, head of the military regime, and Mahn Winn Khaing Than<\/strong>, Prime Minister of the National Unity Government (NUG), via video conference. It remains unclear who else was invited to the current meeting\u2014whether ethnic armed organizations, junta representatives, NUG, or political parties.<\/p>\n

The NLD CWC was established in 2021 after the coup, while many senior party leaders were in prison. It was formed with two core CWC members<\/strong>, Aung Kyi Nyunt<\/strong> and Tin Htut Oo<\/strong>, Dr. Khin Soe<\/strong>, and four additional party members, totaling seven. The body was formed to implement the NLD\u2019s 2020 election commitments, coordinate party affairs, and manage international relations during the absence of key leadership.<\/p>\n

In the open letter sent to ASEAN<\/strong>, the NLD reaffirmed its belief that Myanmar\u2019s political crisis must be resolved through political means<\/strong>. The letter acknowledged ASEAN\u2019s efforts based on the Five-Point Consensus<\/strong>, while emphasizing that the root cause of the current crisis was the military\u2019s illegal power grab<\/strong>, which violated the constitution and overthrew the democratically elected government. Therefore, the NLD stated that the military\u2019s actions should not be recognized<\/strong>, and that cooperation with the junta should be avoided.<\/p>\n

It further condemned the upcoming sham election<\/strong> orchestrated by the military, stating that Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD have been deliberately excluded<\/strong> and that repressive laws have been passed to prevent citizens from freely expressing their political will<\/strong>, making any such election fundamentally illegitimate.<\/p>\n

The letter went on to demand:<\/p>\n