Since 1st February 2021, when the military overthrew the elected government elected by the people and seized power, most of the people across the country have been opposing the military in all ways, including calling for peaceful protests. Finally, the civilians started to take up arms and fight, saying that they did not accept the coup d’état and that they did not want a military dictatorship.
People’s opposition Demonstrations and armed struggles against the army and a small number of people who support the army mocked the Spring Revolution by saying that a world-class military that had been built up for over 70 years could not be defeated with just a shot of a gun.
However, since the end of 2023, the revolutionary forces have gradually proved that military supporters’ views are wrong. Since the late months of 2023, revolutionary groups in various places have been able to put more pressure on the military than before.
Along the Asian Highway which was important for Myanmar Military such as economy at that place the revolutionary groups in the southern region conduct regular inspections. They were even able to immediately investigate and arrest people from the military and informers. In addition, since 2023, Bago, which was retreated after 1975 due to the army’s offensive, has been able to regain its foothold as revolutionary groups, and has come to a situation where it can threaten Yangon, the military council’s economic city, and Taungoo, where the air force base is located.
As the speed to attack military of the southern region increased, at the northern military region, the 1027 operation which can be said to be a turning point in the Myanmar Spring Revolution, was led by the twin allies, and hundreds of military bases and also important border towns for Myanmar Military were also captured. 1027 how hard it was hit with the speed of the operation, Chin State, Sagaing and other provinces more than 20 cities have been captured by revolutionary groups.
While the cities were being occupied by the revolutionary forces, many military officers, including the commander of the No.99 Infantry Division Headquarters Aung Kyaw Lwin, the strongest fighting unit of the Myanmar army, were killed during the 1027 operation. Recently, 6 Brigadier Generals and all their military dependents, including the Laukkai Regional Command Headquarters Commander, have surrendered their weapons to the revolutionary groups.
The Laukkai military council army’s surrender ceremony has gone down in history for the first time in the history of the Myanmar army.
At the beginning of the revolution, the subordinates of the military council and the propaganda lobby of the military council said when will your revolution end? Those who ridiculed how many cities they had conquered, today, the fierce attacks of the revolutionary groups on the cities where they are, so they praying for the troops not to arrive. Even if they fight, they are ready to run, ready to surrender.
This is how great the speed of the revolution is and how strong the impact is, also the people inside the army are admitting it indirectly. Therefore, those in the army should understand that the Spring Revolution is not just a 1-2-year revolution in a small number of places like the previous revolutions, but is taking place at a high speed throughout the country and region.
Now the armed spring revolution is not for one party, a group or one person. The dictators in the military should know that they are rooting out dictators for equality and federal democracy.
Yours respectfully,
Chan Min