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Not Participating
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| Facts |
Founded: 1964, 1995
Founders: Col. Yawd Serk
Leader: Col. Yawd Serk
Membership: ?
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Background
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The Shan State Army-South is the faction of the Shan State Army (SSA) continues its armed struggle, whilst the SSA-noth has signed a ceasefire with the government. The objective of the SSA-N is to establish an autonomous Shan State within a federated Union of Myanmar.
The original SSA was formed in 1964 and its political wing the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) was established in 1971. The SSA pursued an armed rebellion against the ruling military junta until 1989, when the collapse of its Chinese-backed ally, the Communist Party of Burma (CPB), removed its main source of arms and ammunition. A small number of SSA cadres led by Sao Sai Lek - the SSA's commander since 1983 - remained active in the field, joining the rival Mong Tai Army (MTA) led by Khun Sa to create the Shan United Revolutionary Army (SURA). After Sao Sai Lek died in January 1995, and a year later Khun Sa surrendered to the government, a faction of former SURA fighters led by Yawd Serk refused to surrender and merged with other scattered Shan forces under the name Shan State Army-South (SSA-S).
In April 2010 sources said the SSA-N is likely to split into two factions due to a disagreement over joining the military regime's border guard force (BGF), but this was officially denied by the party. |
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| Party Central Executive Committee |
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Col. Yawd Serk |
| Vice-chairman (1) |
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| General Secretary |
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| Statements |
| 7 Feb 2010 - if the military government allows free political movement in the country and promises to transfer power to the winning party, the SSA-S will form a political party and contest in the 2010 election |
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