The question of federalism is an important historical issue which unified and divided the country since before the country's independence in 1948. The idea of forming a Union government that would give equal status to all citizens brought together different ethnic groups at the Panglong conference in February 1947.
The same issue divided the country psychologically and emotionally when the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL), the first elected government after independence, failed to fulfill the political aspirations of the country's non-Burmese ethnic nationalities. (Courtesy of Bangkok Post:Opinion)
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