JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE

By
National Democratic Party for Development (NDPD)
&
Democracy and Human Rights Party (DHRP)

Date:
Venue:

January 10, 2014

Democracy and Human Rights Party (HQ)

No. 116/118, 6th floor (B), Boglayzay Road, Botataung,

Yangon

We would like to greet Mingalabar to the attendees- newspaper columnists,

journalists and all people who are attending this joint press conference on behalf of
two political parties such as NDPD and DHRP.

Today, we would like to clarify and explain the following contexts & facts by
holding this press conference.
(1) The two political parties: NDPD & DHRP are registered in the Union Election
Commission. The main constituencies of the two parties are in Rakhine State. As
political parties are the tools to communicate or bridge between people and
government, the main objective, holding this press conference, is able to know
peoples feelings, difficulties and basic needs to all whom it may concern in
Rakhine State.
(2) We, two parties have seen and comment to highlight some facts should be done
sooner for peace, stability and peaceful co-existence in Rakhine State. They are:
(a) To resettle those over 150, 000 people who are homeless and staying in IDPs
camp to their original places.
(b) To create a secure environment and establish socio-economic life to those
people who are living in towns, villages and countryside can move freely in
order to establish their socio-economic life, other than IDPs camps.
(c) To remove hindrance for private organizations, NGOs and INGOs feel free to
distributing humanitarian aids in current IDPs camp.
(d) To create rights to health care, access to education for Muslims, including
IDPs.
(3) Due to having conflict and violence in Rakhine State, it devastated all spheres of
life such as social-economic and trustworthy as well. It will have to lead to
renovation and rehabilitation. It will have to renovate the lives of ethnics
politically, socially and economically. The playground should be made smooth
and balanced, but not one sided, bais. In accordance with law, it should not
discriminate racially. It is not the age of win-lose though which creates conflicts
with hatred. No lose-win game, but win-win game should be. We, two parties

believe that Rakhine State would be flourished if it recognizes diversity and coexisted peacefully and lovingly as ancient time.
(4) Here, we, two parties would like to suggest and highlight to be peace,
tranquility, and peaceful co-existence in Rakhine State:
(a) Equal rights for all ethnics should be recognized. Should not discriminate as
host and guest. Those people who have been living since Mrauk-U dynasty
should not be treated as guest. Those people who have already been
citizens should not be downgraded their citizenship. As mentioned above
Muslims are bone-fide citizens of Myanmar, they should enjoy the rights to
citizenship and be given full citizenship by the Government.
(b) Everybody has rights to choose own name. It is the basic rights of human
beings. The so called 135 nationalities were not described by law in Ludtaw
as names. Some has more than one name. Some has rights to change their
name. Thus, Muslims in Rakhine State have rights to their name as
ROHINGYA should be appropriate and adaptable.
(c) The name Rohingya mentioned in many records such as legal government

records, gazetteers, journals from defense department, nationalities

languages program from BBS, Myanmar Encyclopedia, prescribed textbooks
from Ministry of Education, household lists, service books, and awards
rewardedby the consecutive government has no problem, danger and worry
at all. So, it should be called Rohingya therein then as listed record.
(d) The Union Immigration Minister invited and clarified political parties that
2014 Myanmar census, not focused on nationalities and citizenship, but on
collecting exact population of races and ethnics. In this regards, it has code
numbers for 135 nationalities and 13 types of foreigners code numbers, but
the other nationalities, not included in 135 nationalities, have to put and fill
the code number (914) as others. It is clear that the code number (914)
would be for all ethnics, not included 135 nationalities. Over 1 million

Rohingya ethnic deserve to have a separate code number and it will be

known exact number of population of Rohingya, and not should mix to
others. Giving a separate code number for ethnic Rohingya, it will be a winwin acceptable solution for State and people of Myanmar.
In conclusion, discrimination does not make peace and tranquility, behind
discrimination would have hatred, and hatred escalates enmity. We ought to live in
peaceful way by making goodwill, passion and patience. We should establish human
relationship. We, two parties firmly believe to build a political culture in order to
adapt diversity and mutual recognition each other in the Rakhine State which has
multi-ethnics, multi-religions, and colorful cultures, co-existing peacefully since the
past ancient time.
In accordance with joint decision by executive members of NDPD & DHRP

U MaungMaung Ni

U Kyaw Min

Chairman

President

NDPD

DHRP

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