NSPNC, Political Parties Advance Dialogue on Federal Union and Constitutional Amendments

THE National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negoti­ation Committee (NSPNC) and the working group of political parties concluded their second day of peace talks at the National Sol­idarity and Peacemaking Centre in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. The meeting, focused on securing sus­tainable peace and laying the foundation for a dem­ocratic, federal union, brought together senior military-appointed officials and political party leaders, led by Union Minister for Defence and NSPNC Chair Lt-Gen Yar Pyae.

Discussions through­out the session centred on defining a practical feder­al system suited to My­anmar’s conditions, with an emphasis on equitable power-sharing between the Union government and regional or state au­thorities. Key speakers, including NSPNC member Lt-Gen Aye Win (Retd) and political party delegation leader Dr Aung Myat Oo, highlighted the need to review the 2008 Constitu­tion to improve intergov­ernmental relations and clarify responsibilities across the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. While partici­pants affirmed that a ca­pable central government is essential for national pol­icies, economic planning, and defence, they stressed that states and regions re­quire sufficient autonomy and authority to effective­ly manage local develop­ment, demographics, and public welfare.

The dialogue also ex­amined legislative sched­ules to identify enacted laws and remaining leg­islative gaps, as well as strategies to establish a more sustained, struc­tured role for political par­ties in the broader peace process. NSPNC Secretary Lt-Gen Min Naing under­scored the importance of political parties presenting a unified voice and mov­ing beyond dialogue into practical implementation. The two-day gathering concluded with the formal signing of agreed-upon meeting records and com­mon understandings, fol­lowed by closing addresses from both delegations. — MNA/ST