Mrs. Hillary Clinton cu CPP pawl in hmaitawn ih kawmnak an rak nei ve.
Hi an tawnawknak ah Pu No Than Kap cun an party dinhmun ihsin Chinmi/tlangparmi pawl parih an hmuh daan le an ttulnak pawl simfiangnak an rak nei.
A hnuai ih ca hi Pu No Than Kap in Mrs. Hillary Clinton a sim mi a si. Lehlin lo in mirang ttawng in kan run tarlang a si.
Text of CPP President’s Message
Presented to Mrs. Hillary Clinton
The Secretary of State of United States of America
Date: December 2, 2011. Time: 11:00AM
Venue:  Beik Thano Art Gallery II, Kaba Aye St, Yangon
Respected Madame
First of all we express our heartfelt thank to the government of US for allowing thousands of the Chin refugees to settle down in your country. We also give thank for defending the rights of ethnic minorities.
Please allow me to present our party’s view on the current situation in Myanmar.

1. We are deeply concern about the way ethnic issue becomes secondary to other issues such as human right abuses, political prisoners, etc in the country lately. We are of the opinion that the true cause of these untold sufferings, especially in ethnic peoples’ areas, is the decade long unsettled differences between the ruling governments and frontier peoples.

We also believe that lasting and durable peace in the country can be achieved by amending the existing constitution or framing a new constitution on federal lines which will guarantee the ethnic minorities’ serious aspirations for self rule.  To completely change the country’s political scene, to enjoy the bliss of democracy, and to have true progress in economics, etc., first and foremost, the long standing ethnic problem has to be solved amicably and politically once and for all. This final settlement will surely put an end to the untold miserable conditions of the people in this country.  First thing first and not the other way round.
In short, in a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-cultural country like Myanmar, unless the constitution is federal, democracy alone cannot safeguard the rights and interests of minorities because democracy is majority dictatorship, so to speak. Therefore, to solve the decade long ethnic issue is more important than democracy in Myanmar. History tells us that this is true. For example, the democratic government of the late U Nu could not last long because he failed to solve the ethnic problem. The one who ignores history will repeat it.

1. The reason why we, as a leading Chin party, asked the West to lift economic sanctions (set aside its political implications) is simply because we believe that it will speed up poverty alleviation in the country, especially in the long marginalized poverty stricken ethnic peoples in border areas.

Thank you so much for visiting us when our country is undergoing changes and we hope you will play a vey important role in transforming our country.

Reference; www.chinlandtoday.info

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