Before the publication of the report by the Commission of Inquiry on the Right to Self-Administration, the Dagon Mon Sangha Association released a compassionate appeal on January 14, 1952.
In this statement, the Dagon Mon Sangha Association respectfully urged that, in accordance with Article 199 of the Union Constitution—which allows the formation of new states based on the will of the people—the Mon population, who have long desired a Mon State, should be granted one accordingly.
“Declaration of the Mon Ethnic Organization”
On September 9, 1952, the Mon Ethnic Organization, led by U Mon Bhoe Cho as Chairman, also issued a public declaration.
The statement expressed that the Commission had handled the Mon State issue in a dismissive and biased manner, causing great grievance to the Mon people. It further stated that, as clearly explained in the rebuttal paper by Mon Sein Dine, the Commission had not conducted its process in a proper and just manner. As a result, the Mon public could not accept the Commission’s report.
The declaration emphasized that dissatisfaction among ethnic nationalities was a critical matter for national security and peace, and therefore urged the government not to neglect its duty to establish states such as Mon State and Rakhine State within the Union.
Source: Burmese Political History (1958–1962), Volume 3. Yangon University Press, 1991. Pages 258–332.
