But as U Aye Maung, chair of the Arakan National Party, and others pointed out to The Myanmar Times, formation of the new ministry was a legal requirement under the 2015 Ethnic Nationalities Protection law.
“U Thein Sein’s government didn’t have enough time to set up that ministry. The ministry has not been formed because the [National League for Democracy] became the government. It was necessitated by law,” he said. Its broad remit would extend from handling the peace process to developing ethnic literature, he added.
Legal requirement or not, U Htun Htun Hein, spokesperson for the NLD ethnic affairs committee, said the ministry was needed to discuss federalism and deal with ethnic armed groups in the peace process. (Courtesy of Myanmar Times)
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