Forge Union spirit for enjoying the future shared together

Conveyance of the State flag of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar for spending a night each in relevant regions and states is one of the essences of the celebration to mark Union Day. It shows the images of fostering national unity and solidarity based on the Panglong Spirit.

 

Generally, the Union flag spends a year at the Yangon City Hall which is a focal point for the conveyance of the Union flag to respective regions and states in a rotation. Last year, the Union flag was conveyed from Yangon for spending a year in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area. As a new plan, the Union flag will be conveyed to relevant regions and states in a rotation once every five years.

 

The other day, the Central Committee for Organizing the 76th Anniversary of Union Day for 2023 held its first coordina­tion meeting, which focused on successfully holding the 76th Anniversary of Union Day for 2023 but this year’s celebration would be similar to that of the 74th Anniversary of Union Day although the Diamond Jubilee Union Day was held on 12 Feb­ruary 2022 on a grander scale.

 

The celebration of Union Day is designed to stimulate the patriotic spirit and national spirit to love the Union and to defend the State with the sacrifice of life and limbs. It is because the Union is home to all ethnic national people. As such, all national brethren never accept the conspiracy of disintegrating the Union by overcoming the challeng­es of instigations wedged by internal and external destruc­tionists.

 

In truth, Union Day was conceived during the Panglong Conference and the Panglong Agreement. As such, Union Day is concerned with all na­tional brethren. On the other hand, Union Day proves the anticipation of all national brethren and stipulates that they do not forget national uni­ty. That is why all the national brethren need to mark Union Day every year.

 

All the people need to successfully observe five national objec­tives of the 76th Anniversary of Union Day to be able to shape the perpetuity of unity among ethnic national brethren of the Union for enjoying the future shared together. They all need to forge the spirit of the perpetual existence of the Union in mind, to end armed conflicts among ethnics which emerged together with the independence and to ensure the perpetual existence of the Union with unity of all ethnics and to restore perpetual peace through unity.