Vice Chairman of State Administration Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win delivers address to instructor officers, instructors, cadets of Defence Services Academy
Nay Pyi Taw October 3
Vice Chairman of State Administration Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win delivered an address to instructor officers, instructors, cadets of the Defence Services Academy at the convocation hall of the DSA this evening.
Also present together with the Vice-Senior General were Chief of General Staff (Army, Navy, and Air) General Maung Maung Aye, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief ,the commander of Central Command, the commandant of the DSA and responsible officers, instructor officers, instructors and cadets.
First, the Vice Senior-General delivered an address, saying it is necessary for instructors who teach academic disciplines as well as military training to be proficient in respective disciplines and training and to consistently study respective disciplines and training in accordance with Revolutionary of Military Affair (RMA) technologies. As they have to teach their cadets, they are required to set good examples of teachers in their lifestyles, ways of communicating with others and the dress code.
Like potters who have to pound their pots repeatedly, instructors are required to admonish their cadets repeatedly.
In accordance with the motto of the Tatmadaw training, "The more you sweat, the less you bleed," cadets must be trained very hard. Only then, will they be model military leaders on whom the people and the Tatmadaw can rely. Instructors who have to teach cadets academic disciplines and military training are required to do so based on their academic disciplines and military training they have acquired and experiences of overcoming difficulties in life out of sympathy so that their cadets are as proficient in the disciplines and training as their instructors. In teaching academic disciplines, cadets must be trained so that they are able to apply their advanced disciplines studied in their master's and doctorate courses in the practical fields in the country and the Tatmadaw beneficially.
Instructors, not only from the DSA but also from all other academies and training schools of the Tatmadaw, are required to train their trainees so that they are more proficient than their instructors to be outstanding military and national leaders who can shoulder their advanced duties of the country and the Tatmadaw.
As they are required to swear the four oaths daily, they are responsible to follow them and they have owed allegiance to the country and the Tatmadaw despite their relationship with their parents. Therefore, they are required to perform duties assigned to them responsibly and to try hard to undergo training in accordance with training mottos such as "The more you sweat, the less you bleed," and "Stronger heat makes better iron." Cadets are required to be proficient in military training and academic discipline during the training period to provide appropriate leadership to units they are assigned to after being appointed as gazetted officers.
As numerous lives of personnel and their families rest on the shoulders of their leaders, cadets are required to be proficient in academic disciplines and military training to make right decisions. As the higher the duties you are assigned to, the more lives you will be responsible for, you cannot afford to make wrong decisions.
Therefore, cadets must be able to play a leadership role as a matured person after being appointed as gazette officers.
There are acts, rules and disciplines in the Tatmadaw and personnel are required to learn and follow them without giving priority to personal feelings.
Therefore, cadets are required to try hard to be proficient in academic disciplines and military training with firm conviction and beliefs.
Tatmadaw members stick to the four loyalties and enjoy the privileges given by the State,despite differences in their duties and positions, according to their respective military units and regiments. They are carrying out national defence duties as an ultimate aim. So, they need to try to achieve success in their shares of duties.
Regarding the part of the State responsibility, the State Administration Council replaced the three tasks that have been accomplished in the five point roadmap with three other points that suit the current situation on August 1 this year.
A new five-point roadmap was adopted with three new processes:
security, peace, stability and the rule of law throughout the country, higher socio-economic life of the people and the establishment of a union based on democracy and federalism. The roadmap also includes the perpetual peace issue and electoral matters. Regarding the original peace process under way, the State and the Tatmadaw are conducting negotiations with NCA signatory groups, no signatory groups, and always open for lasting peace. We are also inviting and discussing good ways to demand privileges through the Hluttaw in accordance with the law. Additionally, serious measures are being taken to celebrate the 8th Anniversary of the NCA that falls on 15 October to be held in the country for perpetual peace throughout the country.
The emergence of the SAC was based on voting rigging in the 2020 general election.
Therefore, the general election, which will be organized by the SAC, is necessary to make it free and fair. Measures for collecting population and household data and issuing citizenship scrutiny cards are being taken using IT technology. As a preliminary period for the 2024 census, trail census activities have now been under way since October 1 this year.
When it comes to the development of people's socio-economic life, there are more than 70 percent of rural people in the country which is based on agriculture. So, MSMEs based on agriculture and livestock breeding are being encouraged.
State and regional funds have also been provided as capital to promote exports from products.
Today, some powerful countries are using soft power and hard power in the form of multilateral warfare to interfere with small countries that are trying to become developing ones. So, we need to be cautious about that. And the difficulties we are facing must be overcome through the united cooperation among the State, the Tatmadaw and the people.
In order to do so, all military personnel need to be united. 60 ethics have been stipulated as code of Conduct for military personnel to comply. If soldiers comply with the 20 ethics for soldiers, the 10 ethics for leaders and the five ethics for subordinates, the unity within the Tatmadaw will be strong as ever, and organizational tasks beyond the Tatmadaw can be successfully carried out.
Moreover, responsible officials at step-by-step levels need to ensure a balance between income and expenditure so that officers and soldiers alike can perform their duties successfully without worries. They need to try to live a systematic life by balancing their income and expenditure and avoiding smoking, alcohol and gambling.