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- June 11, 2019
Narinjara News, 13 January 2023
More than 20 out of 70 Rakhine village administrators, who
resigned from their posts recently, do not want to continue
their duties even though the Arakan Army leaders urged them
to do so.
Those 70 village administrators under Ponna
Kyunt township, 16 miles north of the State capital city
of Sittwe, left their positions due to the
dilemma while carrying out the
Once they resigned from their posts, which was
endorsed by the junta government,
the common people start in respective rural areas start facing
difficulties while dealing with necessary travel documents, preparing
national identity cards, etc.
Lately, the AA authorities invited them for a
meeting and asked them to continue their jobs for the benefit
of local people.
However, 20 village
administrators have sent separ
“We gave reasons including
the health issues. Moreover, we can not work under two competing
administrations. So, we do not
Soon after the AA leaders asked those village administrators for returning to their duties, the township’s military council authority called for a meeting with them. But 20 administrators did not attend it.
The remaining 50 village administrators participated
in the meeting and agreed to rejoin in their duties.
"If the village administrators do not perform as expected,
the common people will suffer. The villagers may find it
difficult to receive the government's
support addressing the elderly and pregnant women. Moreover,
they will face difficulties in acquiring necessary government documents. Hence th
19 village administrators from Rathedaung township also resigned from their
posts on 16 December last. However, they retook their positions after the AA suggestion.
Between 2018 and 2020, when the intense
gunfighting between the junta soldiers and AA members went
on across the State, many village administrators from Mrauk U, Kyauk
Taw and Rathedaung townships submitted their resignation letters saying that
they could not perform under two parallel administrations.