On August 15, 1960, the Hitakawaisi Mon Sangha Council officially announced its stance that the establishment of Mon State should not involve a public referendum.
U Indasara, the Chairman, and U Palita, the Secretary of the Hitakawaithi Mon Sangha Council, clarified to the press that if the government and its advisory body conducted a public opinion poll regarding the formation of Mon State, it could provoke ethnic conflicts and disturb peace and stability. They noted that no such referendums had been conducted in the past when other states were granted, and that initiating one now would go against established tradition.
They further urged that a draft law for the establishment of Mon State be submitted and approved during the August 1960 parliamentary session.
(Source: Myanmar Politics 1958–62, Volume III, Yangon University Press, 1991, pp. 258–332.)
