New Mon State Party (Anti-Military Dictatorship)

New Mon State Party (Anti-Military Dictatorship)
Mon: ဗ္တိုက်သရိုဟ်တၠအဝဵုပၞာန် Burmese: မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီ (စစ်အာဏာရှင်တိုက်ဖျက်ရေး)
Flag of the NMSP-AD
Dates of operation	2024-present
Split from	Mon National Liberation Army
Active regions	Myanmar
Ideology	Mon nationalism Federalism
Allies	People's Defense Force
Opponents	Myanmar Army Pyusawhti
Battles and wars	Myanmar Civil War (ongoing)

The New Mon State Party (Anti-Military Dictatorship) is a splinter group of the Mon National Liberation Army.

History

This section is an excerpt from Mon National Liberation Army § 2024 Split.[edit]

On 14 February 2024, a splinter group named "New Mon State Party (Anti-Military Dictatorship)" announced that they will no longer negotiate with the junta and will be joining hands with the revolutionary forces, effectively declaring war on the junta. This decision was made during the Myanmar civil war.[1][2] The MNLA-AMD and its political wing, the New Mon State Party (Anti-Dictatorship),[3] made up of senior MNLA officials, stated that they had broken away due to junta attacks on Mon areas and would only be active in areas the MNLA was not.[4] On 25 February, the spokesman for the NMSP-AD declared the groups intention to unite with local resistance forces.[5]

Post-split

On 6 October, 2024, Mon National Liberation Army Battalion-5, headquartered near Payathonzu, defected and joined the NMSP-AD.[6] The next month, the NMSP-AD announced its intention -alongside the Mon Liberation Army, Mon State Revolutionary Force, and Mon State Defense Force- to cooperate with other Mon resistance and eventually unite into a single Mon army.[7]

On 20 January 2025, the NMSP-AD, the MLA (Mon Liberation Army), MSDF (Mon State Defence Force), and MSRF (Mon State Revolution Force) agreed to unite into the Ramanya Joint Military Column.[8]

References

1. "အာဏာသိမ်းစစ်တပ်ကို တိုက်ခိုက်မည်ဟု မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီ နိုင်ငံရေးစစ်ရေးဦးဆောင်အဖွဲ့ ကြေညာ". Democratic Voice of Burma (in Burmese). 14 February 2024. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
2. "မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီမှအတွင်းရေးမှူး၊ ဒုစစ်ဦးစီးချုပ်တို့မှ ပါတီတွင်းမှ ယုံကြည်ချက်တူသူများနှင့် လက်တွဲ၍ စစ်ကောင်စီကို တိုက်ခိုက်သွားမည်ဟု ကြေငြာချက်ထုတ်". Narinjara (in Burmese). 14 February 2024. Archived from the original on 22 March 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
3. "New Mon State Party breakaway formed to fight Myanmar junta". Mizzima. 17 February 2024. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024.
4. "Ethnic Mon Party Offshoot Declares War on Myanmar Junta". The Irrawaddy. 15 February 2024. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024.
5. "Anti -Dictatorship Wing of Mon Party Pledges to Join with Resistance Forces". Independent Mon News Agency. 26 February 2024. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024.
6. "Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) Battalion-5, joins anti-military faction NMSP-AD". Mizzima. 11 October 2024.
7. "Mon Resistance Forces Plan To Intensify Offensive Actions". Independent Mon News Agency. 8 November 2024.
8. Four Mon Resistance Groups Unite to Form Joint Army Myanmar Pressphoto Agency. Thar Nge Lay Nway

External links

• NMSP-AD Facebook page