CNLD Policy-Manifesto-2020-Election-English Version

The Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD) was registered at
the Union Election Commission as a political party on July 11, 2019 with
Political Party Registration No. 116.
CNLD is contesting in 2020 General Election in the nine townships
of Chin State, Sagaing Region, Magwe Region and Rakhine State with
57 candidates.
CNLD is a merger party comprised of three Chin political parties.
Soon CNLD was formed, the party leadership completed the party’s
constitution and the framework and principles for the party, which serve
as the foundation for developing further thematic policies. Based on these
framework and principles, CNLD develops election manifestoes for 2020
election and policies with short-term and long-term strategic goals. After
several deliberation within the policy drafting committee, the Central
Executive Committee of CNLD adopts these policies and confirms as the
Policy Manifesto for 2020 general election.
To fully implement these policies, the party not only requires the
support and contribution of the Chin public but CNLD is also committed
to put its utmost materialize these policies for the Chin people. It is not
merely the obligation of parliamentarian representatives, but also the
responsibility of all party members and all the people; only then, will this
historic mission be successfully completed.
Therefore, I sincerely would like to urge and invite all the Chin people,
regardless of where you reside, to join with us in realizing all these visions
and policies of the Chin National League for Democracy for the Chin
people.
U Ngai Sak
Chairman
Preface

The Chin National League for Democracy was formed by merging
three Chin political parties with the purpose of building a genuine Federal
Democratic Union, strengthening democratic principles and values and
equality among the ethnic nationalities. The party also stands by to work
together with Chin organizations, individual citizens and intellectuals to
realize these goals.
The CNLD drafted and published this policy manifesto, which includes
3 chapters, 22 sectors and 160 points of policies, with experienced party
leaders, intellectuals, and experts from different fields within the Chin
community inside Myanmar and abroad. This policy manifesto are the
framework for the future state-building for Myanmar, Chin-Nation state
building and Social-Economic Development for the Chin people.
The conceptualization of this policy manifesto is based on the principles
agreed in different historical agreements such as PanglongAccord (1948),
Federal Principles agreed in Taungyi Conference (1961), the Second Chin
National Conference-Hakha (2013), the UN Charter and Conventions. In
this policy manifesto, human rights norms, democratic and federal principles
Introduction

reflected throughout the document. At the same time, the policy reflect
on the research fidnings and evidence about social and economic context
of the Chin people and Myanmar as a whole.
This policy manifesto demonstrates the commitments, capacity, aptitude
and preparedness of CNLD to take the government role in Chin State and
to serve the Chin people residing outside of Chin State if the party wins
the 2020 election. In order to materialize these sets of policies for the Chin
people, CNLD would like to ask for the support of the Chin people by
voting CNLD in the 2020 election.
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CONTENTS
Chapter (1) Political and Executive Sector
(1) Principles Relating to the Rebuilding of a Federal Union 1
(2) Policy Relating to State Constitution 4
(Chinland Constitution)
(3) Policies on Chin Tribes 5
(4) Chin State Territorial Policy 6
(5) The Affairs of Chin People Outside Chin State 6
(The Chin Diaspora)
(6) Anti-Corruption Policy 8
(7) Chin National Security Policy 9
(8) Land Policy 10
(9) Policy on Citizen’s Budget and Fiscal Planning of 11
Chin State Government
Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD)
Policy Manifesto (2020 -General Election)

CONTENTS
Chapter (2) Economic Sector
(10) Policy on Chin National Development Master Plan 12
(11) Natural Resource Sharing 14
(12) Small and Medium Enterprises 15
(13) Poverty Reduction Policy 16
(14) Ecotourism Industry Development Policy 17
(15) Natural Environmental Conservation Policy 18
(16) Projects Implementation Policies 19
(17) Education Policy 20
(18) Health Policy 23
(19) Freedom of Religion and Belief, and Equality 25
(20) Policies on Chin culture and customs 27
(21) Gender policies 28
(22) Youth Policies 29

1. The CNLD will prioritize the unity of all the Chin people.
2. The CNLD will promote the culture, language and literacy, traditions,
national identities, traditional festivals and rituals, traditional costumes
and special days of the Chin nationals for their survival and existence.
3. The CNLD will adopt legislations which protect the rights of Chin
people to land ownership according to tradition (paternal land).
4. The CNLD will create job opportunities for Chin youth in both public
and private sectors.
5. The CNLD will pass laws to promote the rights of Chin women.
6. The CNLD will hold Chin State Government accountable to become
a government free from nepotism, discrimination and corruption.
7. The CNLD will implement the development of road-construction,
economic, social, rural and urban development and basic infrastructures
with the lowest environmental impact.
The Ten Commitments of
Chin National League for Democracy

8. The CNLD will take initiative for the creating of Chin NationalAnthem
and Chin National Flag which reflects the common consent of Chin people
for the revival of national spirit.
9. The CNLD will collaborate with respective establishments for the
Chins residing outside Chin State to fully obtain their legal rights, political
rights, and socio-economic developments.
10. The CNLD, along with other ethnic nationalities, will make efforts to
achieve national equality and self-determination and to build Federal
Democratic Union.

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P O L I C Y M A N I F E S TO OF CH I N N A T I O N A L L E A G U E F O R D E M O C R A C Y
Chapter I
Political and Executive Sector
1. The Union shall be built on a federal democratic system that ensures
equality and self-determination for all ethnic nationalities.
2. The federal Union shall be formed on the basis of ethnic constituent
units/states and geographic regions. (Based on 8 Units principles)
3. Preserving the existing seven ethnic states, a new additional state shall
be formed for Bamar ethnic people.
(The formation of the additional state shall be determined through a duly
negotiated and legal process. In the event that it is impossible for all the
seven regions to form a single state, those regions maybe allowed to form
into not more than four states.)
4. The Constitution shall provide for both the Union and State Government
to exercise separate set of powers. All residuary powers must vest in the
States.
5. There shall be a bicameral legislature (Upper and Lower House) in
the Union. There shall be no such fusion of the two Houses as “The Union
Parliament.”
(1)
Principles Relating to the Rebuilding of a Federal Union

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6. Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives) shall be elected on the
basis of population. Amyotha Hluttaw shall be elected on equal number
of representatives elected from the States.
7. TheAmyotha Hluttaw shall be accorded special constitutional powers
as follows:
(a) Amyotha Hluttaw’s approval must be obtained in appointing
foreign ambassadors, top officials of the federal government and
top military officers;
(b) Amytha Hluttaw’s approval must be obtained in entering into
agreement with foreign governments or ratifying international
treaties;
(c) The Federal government must obtainAmyotha Hluttaw’s consent
in establishing any commission or committees.
8. The system of government of the federal Union shall be based on a
hybrid system of presidential and parliamentary form of governments as
follows;
(a) The President shall be the Head of State of the Union, who shall
be elected by theAmyotha Hluttaw, from among the list proposed
by the States.
(b) The Prime Minister shall be the Head of Government of the Union,
duly elected by the Pyithu Hluttaw formed in accordance with
Parliamentary System of government.

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(c) The President shall be the Commander-in-Chief of the security
and defense of the Union. The President shall appoint the Prime
Minister upon recommendation of the Pyithu Hluttaw.
9. The Union shall have two separate sets of constitutions: Federal and
State Constitutions.
10. There shall be a Federal Judiciary and subordinate courts at the Union
level. Each state shall have similar State Supreme Court and subordinate
courts.
11. In forming the Federal Armed Forces:
(a) There shall be set minimum quota for each state for the membership
of the Federal Armed Forces;
(b) Each State shall have the power to form State security guard forces;
(c) The Armed Forces of the Union shall be under the control of the
President.
12. The amendment to the Federal Union Constitution shall only be made
with the approval of two-thirds super majority of the combined Houses
of the Parliament and with the consent of the majority of the States.
13. The Constitutional Tribunal of the Federal Union shall be formed with
one legal expert/ judge from each of the State duly selected by theAmyotha
Hluttaw.

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1. All member States of the Union shall have a constitutionally accorded
power to fully exercise internal self-determination and self-rule.
2. The State Constitutions shall have the full power to accord the collective
rights of the ethnic nationalities, including the protection and promotion
of ethnic languages, literature, culture, traditions, ethnic national symbols
and identities.
3. The member states of the Union shall have the right to have ownership
and management of land, territories, natural resources, as well as the right
to enjoy the shared profits thereupon derived.
4. All member States of the Union shall have the power to manage budget,
spend money and collect taxes and levies.
5. The member States of the Union shall have adequate powers of
management over such areas as education, health, social and finance.
6. The States shall have the power to promulgate legislations concerning
fundamental human rights based on the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and other international human rights standards.
(2)
Policy Relating to State Constitution (Chinland Constitution)

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1. All Chin tribes with the same language, culture, customs and descent
will always be accepted as Chin or Chin people (Chin national) for the
sake of the whole Chin unity.
2. Instead of using the names of current tribal group, tribes, clans and
family as national names, only the name “Chin” will be used as the ethnic
name or the national name.
3. Chin tribal group, tribes, clans and family’s traditional dress, language
and literature, and cultural heritage will always be recognized or accepted
as Chin a traditional dress, language and literature and cultural heritage.
4. Recognizing Chin tribal groups should be decided by the Chin people.
The Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD) will continue to lead
the study conducted by the Chin National Action Committee on Census
2014-CNACC about the Chin people.
(3)
Policies on Chin Tribes

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1. In the formation of the Chin State cabinet member, one ministry shall
be appointed to handle the affairs of the Chin people who reside outside
of Chin State. Such ministry shall be named as “Chin National Affairs
Ministry” and the officials should be appointed from the Chins residing
outside of Chin State.
2. Based on the federal principles of Territorial Autonomy (TA) and
Non-Territorial Autonomy (NTA), the Chin people residing outside of
Chin State shall enjoy such autonomous power;
(5)
The Affairs of Chin People Outside Chin State
(The Chin Diaspora)
1. Commitment to tackle and re-demarcate the Chin territories that were
arbitrarily taken away from the Chin people without the public consent
or referendum by the successive governments.
2. Commitment to designate the territories where the Chin people are
the indigenous groups and habitants of the land and re-demarcate into the
territorial parts of Chin State in accordance with the Constitution.
(4)
Chin State Territorial Policy

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a. Territorial administration
Commitment to gain autonomous administrative power for the
indigenous Chin people residing in Sagaing Region, Magwe
Region, Bago Region and Rakhine State.
b. Non-territorial administration
Commitment to safeguard the entitlement of the rights to exercise
culture, traditions, language and literature for the Chin people and
the tribes living in the mainland areas.
3. The Chin State government shall provide residential permits the
returnees of the Chin diaspora community who want to settle in Chin State
and provide land for those who are not able to afford due to their economic-
legal status.
4. Commitment to organize the Chin National Conference occasionally
where all the Chin nationalities and tribes within Myanmar and beyond
come together and discuss the reunification of the Chin nationality.
5. Commitment to establish Financial Institute, Endowment Fund,
Business Corporations, Research Institute and Think-Tank organizations
where the Chin intellectuals from diaspora can participate for the Chin
State and Chin national building processes.

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1. We will strive to make necessary amendments to the existing anti-
corruption law.
(It has to be amended in a manner that the public can openly and freely
report and that the committee can primarily take effective action. Moreover,
it has to be amended in a manner that the centralization of control can be
reduced so each local authorities can effectively enforce the anti-corruption
law.)
2. We will endeavor anti-corruption committee to become an independent
body.
(The anti-corruption committee will be formed comprising a fair
representation of the government, the opposition party, community-based
organizations and religious leaders.)
1. We will seek effective measures to ensure severe punishment for any
immoral and corrupt acts.
(Having a zero tolerance approach when it comes to corruption and bribery,
CNLD will take necessary action to give maximum penalties without
sympathetic feelings or absolution in an effort to make Chin State to
become the least corrupt state.)
(6)
Anti-Corruption Policy

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1. We will strive to get the rights for the Chin to make policies and tackle
issues related to Chin national security by themselves.
2. We will strive to make sure that any non-Chin armed groups are not
allowed to be based in Chin State.
3. We will strive to enact laws related to armed institutions and the laws
must be aligned with Four Geneva Conventions mainly known as the laws
of conflicts and wars and other international humanitarian laws.
4. We will try to enact Chin customary laws and other existing laws in
according with international treaties/agreed standards so that the Chin
people fully enjoy the rights of women, children and indigenous peoples.
5. We will strive to develop the most suitable mechanism to prevent an
absolute monopoly and assimilation by private sectors and other actors
and whose actions might cause harm to culture, language and literature,
customs and territories.
6. We will endeavor to lift Chin State out of the poorest state in line with
the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG - 2030) in 2030.
(7)
Chin National Security Policy

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1. We will strive to enact laws to protect land traditionally owned from
generations to generation.
2. We will strive to full enjoy the rights and self-determination to make
laws related to land in Chin State.
3. We will strive to review and evaluate 2012 land laws and other existing
land-related laws, and develop a law that protects the livelihoods and
security of ethnic nationalities who work and rely on their land.
4. We will endeavor to consider the following points in developing Chin
national land policy:
(a) To make laws, policies and by-laws based on international land
tenure standards;
(b) To seek the security of land ownership based on customary land
tenure and practices of indigenous peoples;
(c) To make policies on the land ownership for all who depend land;
(d) To develop policies on ownership, management and use of natural
resources, species and organizations under and above land as well
as in and out of water;
(e) To draw a map of land systematically demarcated between farming,
forest, pasture and community;
(f) To protect and maintain Chin customs, cultural heritage, historical
sites, sacred places, and to designate scenery as national parks and
museums.
(8)
Land Policy

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1. We will strive to form a financial commission for the fund management
including budget forecast, capital and other financial support every fiscal
year, and to stop/end corruption and nepotism/partisanship/favoritism in
conformity with criteria and indicators concerning poverty, population
density, remoteness and distances of geographical topology and interest
of the State.
2. We give priority to the improvement of education and health in addition
to the development of infrastructure in Chin State.
3. WewillstrivetoallocatebudgetsforChincommunity-basedorganizations
and media to contribute towards benefiting Chin public.
4. We will endeavor to raise fund for the promotion of culture, traditions/
customs and literature for Chin diaspora communities.
(9)
Policy on Citizen’s Budget and Fiscal Planning of
Chin State Government

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Chapter II
Economic Sector
(10)
Policy on Chin National Development Master Plan
1. In an endeavor to ensure sustainable (social) development for Chin
ethnic nationals and Chin State, we will maneuver Chin National
Development Master Plan incisively in collaboration with pertinent
stakeholders.
2. We will endeavor to implement the long-term development plan of
Chin State and Chin people as follows:
(a) To collaborate with experts in all sectors of development
(b) To re-design and implement a Town plan for each town in the State
(c) To implement a contextualized development plan for each township
in the State
(d) IncollaborationwithChinCivilSocietyOrganizations,International
Organizations, and Chin State Government, the following SDGs
sectors will be implemented
(e) Communication and Infrastructure
(f) Education
(g) Health Care

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(h) Agriculture and Livestock
(i) Tourism Management (Eco-tourism)
(j) New Town and Village Project Plan
(k) Natural Forest Management and Conservation
(l) Land and natural resource ownership
(m) Customary Law
(n) Human Resources, Youth, and Women
(o) Business and Employment
(p) Small Medium-sized Enterprises
(q) Chin Indigenous Weaving
(r) Poverty reduction
(s) Develop fit organizations in all sectors.

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(11)
Natural Resource Sharing
1. Effort will be made for the extraction of natural resources with the
agreement of the Chin State government and local people.
2. We shall try to get more power over the management of natural resource
by the Chin State government than the Union government.
3. We shall try to get a greater share of revenue from the extraction of
natural resources for Chin state government than the Union government.
4. For a particular natural resource wealth, which is located and shared
by inter-state or multi-states such as water resources, we shall try to get
equitable sharing among producing states through negotiations and
agreement.
5. We shall try to make sure the excessive extraction of natural resources
does not take place unless the mitigation of environmental impact is
assured and benefit for the Chin.

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1. We will try to get the rights of drawing small and medium enterprise
law and policy at the Chin state government and state parliament level.
2. We will strive to provide the upgrading of small & medium enterprises
within the Chin state.
3. We will try to draw small and medium enterprise policy and planning
in consultation with stakeholders for short term and long term plans.
4. Wewillstrivetosupportsmallandmediumenterprisesasthegovernment
priority such as providing finance and technical assistance.
5 We will strive, as the Chin state government, to get higher market
price for the production and service sector.
6. We will strive for the development of innovative productions, services
and production capacity.
7. We will try to provide new job opportunities and related trainings.
8. We will strive to gain indigenous businesses away from extortion and
abuse or protect the indigenous businesses.
(12)
Small and Medium Enterprises

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1. We will endeavor to draft Chin State poverty reduction policies, laws,
programs with a less centralized State order.
2. We will endeavor to bring Chin ethnic nationals to a decent living
standard by reaching the average poverty rate of the State, and by graduating
from the least developed state in the country per SDGs -2030.
3. In collaboration with adept stakeholders, we will endeavor to design
a Master Plan for Chin State’s Poverty Reduction and Sustainable
Development Goals – MP-CSPR-SDG.
4. For peacebuilding and preventing the outbreak of conflict, we will
hold on to negotiated political means.
5. Small Medium-sized Enterprises Plan will be designed so to create
enough decent job opportunities for youth in particular.
6. Small and medium level Grant and Loan Program will be launch by
the support of the State and international governments.
7. We will endeavor to achieve Universal Basic Education for all.
8. We will endeavor our best to fund promotion of healthcare and welfare,
especially for maternal and child welfare and child capacity building,
9. For effective anti-corruption, we will apply the Zero-tolerance Policy.
(13)
Poverty Reduction Policy

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1. We will endeavor to amend the existing law and bylaws in line with
federal system.
2. We will collaborate with organizations such as IUCN, UNESCO,
UNEP and experts in mapping and researching the biodiversity in Chin
State in order to ascertain that the ecotourism industry does the least harm
to the natural and cultural environment of the tourism sites.
3. We will endeavor to ascertain that Environmental ImpactAssessment
(EIA), Social ImpactAssessment and Free, Prior, Informed Consent (FPIC)
process are conducted in line with international standards in implementing
ecotourism activities.
4. We will endeavor to protect, conserve biodiversity and raise public
awareness of the natural environment in collaboration with the locals,
civil society organizations, experts and authorities.
5. We will endeavor to improve the ecotourism industry and ascertain
that job opportunities derived from the industry go to the locals in the first
place.
(14)
Ecotourism Industry Development Policy

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1. We will endeavor to set environmental conservation policy and legislate
and strive to enact conservation law.
2. We will endeavor to change shifting cultivation to environmentally
friendly agricultural practices.
3. We will adopt measures to prevent harms to biodiversity and ecosystem,
and regulations to prevent degradation of wildlife habitats.
4. Wewilladoptmeasurestocombatandpreventillegaltradeinendangered
species and wild fauna and flora.
5. We will strive to develop a master plan with minimal environmental
impact for urban and rural development projects, special economic and
industrial zones, and agriculture and livestock projects.
6. We will adopt measures to prevent natural and man-made disasters.
7. We will adopt measures to protect and conserve national parks and
protected forests cautiously for the benefit of local Chins.
8. Will adopt measures to prevent pollution of the natural environment.
(15)
Environmental Conservation Policy

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1. We will endeavor to conduct the Free, Prior and Informed Consent
(FPIC) process in line with international standards in implementing
projects.
2. We will endeavor to conduct environmental impact assessment, health
and social impact assessments and peace and conflict impact assessment
in implementing projects.
3. We will endeavor to ascertain that businesses in the state benefit the
locals and they take corporate social responsibility (CSR) in line with
international standards.
4. We will adopt grievance redress mechanism by which the government
investigates, scrutinizes, reviews, amends, suspends or if necessary
terminates ongoing projects against which are filed complaints by the
locals.
(16)
Projects Implementation Policies

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1. We will endeavor to achieve the following levels of power in relation
development of school curriculum and education administration:
(a) The union government holds 20 per cent and Chin State government
80 per cent;
(b) Theunionbudgetistobeexpendedforstateeducationadministration;
(c) The state government performs administration according to the
education policy.
2. We will endeavor to develop in Chin ethnic language the curriculum
of kindergartens and basic primary schools (Grade 1 - 3) in Chin State
and outside of Chin State where Chin people live.
3. We will endeavor to develop a curriculum that would include geography
of Chin State, Chin people’s cultures and traditions and the history of
Chin people.
4. We will endeavor to develop a curriculum that would also include
other ethnic peoples of the union, and strive to prevent curriculum from
accommodating religious doctrines.
5. We will endeavor to create a Chin NationalAnthem and make singing
it compulsory in schools.
(17)
Education Policy

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6. We will strive to set up Chin National Education Foundation to grant
stipends and scholarships to outstanding students and to provide financial
support to poor students.
7. We will endeavor to construct school buildings and housings for
teachers that meet quality standards.
8. We will endeavor to provide in full every school with the necessary
teaching-aid materials, library, science laboratory lab, technical support
materials, playground, sports facilities and hall.
9. We will endeavor to reset the time and period of the academic year
that suits the climate and context of Chin State.
10. We will endeavor to create by state education administration a school
uniform in line with Chin traditional dress.
11. We will endeavor to follow the teacher employment policy as follows:
(a) To give priority to the locals who has sufficient qualifications to
be teachers;
(b) To provide an adequate number of teachers to every school in Chin
State. (In implementing this, criteria for teacher recruitment for
some schools in the state may need to be lowered.)

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11. We will endeavor to open more Vocational Training Centres and
Schools in Chin State.
12. We will endeavor to place under the jurisdiction of the state, district
and township level education offices decision making on matters related
to recruitment and transfer of teachers and filling and replacing teaching
vacancies.

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1. We will endeavor to place under the jurisdiction of the state government
health administration and management, health budget, and recruitment of
health staff.
2. We will collaborate with domestic and international NGOs for the
betterment of the health sector in Chin State.
3. We will endeavor to set up a state health committee and develop Chin
National Healthcare Master Plan with a view to bringing about better
health service and effective medical treatment as well as collecting health-
related information and conducting health research.
4. We will encourage research and development of traditional medicine
to reach the international standards for the long-term benefit of public
health.
5. We will encourage the systematic development of private health service
by lending support, monitoring and collaborating with actors in the private
health sector.
(18)
Health Policy

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6. We will endeavor to raise, recognizing it as a national responsibility
and in collaboration with civil societies, health awareness among the
general public.
7. We will endeavor to open new Rural Health Sub-Centres in village
tracts with a certain level of population.
8. We will endeavor to have the government give priority to locals or
those who speak local languages in employing staff at health department
offices.
9. We will endeavor to increase intake of students from Chin State for
university of community health, university of nursing and midwifery
schools to fulfill the demand for more health staff in the state.
10. We will endeavor to develop a health system in which the aged,
pregnant mothers, children under the age of five and the disabled have
access to free healthcare.
11. We will endeavor to provide free medical treatment to school children
in basic education schools.

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1. We will endeavor to build a Secular State.
2. The state-building process will be as follow:
(a) Abolish Ministry of Religion and Culture Affair and its related
departments;
(b) State Budget should not be spent religions;
(c) Abolish Laws to Protect Race and Religion, Buddhist Women
Special Marriage Law, Religious Conversion Law and Interfaith
Marriage Law, and Population Control Law.
3. We will endeavor our best to help Chin people living across the country
in getting land ownership for religious buildings and lands.
4. We will endeavor to eliminate the “religion” category from National
Identity Card, Civil ServantApplication,Admission forms, Private Business
Registration.
5. We will endeavor to limit ministers and high-level official staff visiting
religious places, temples, and churches with insignia of office during their
national and state regional level visits.
(19)
Freedom of Religion and Belief, and Equality

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6. We will endeavor to engage with the state-level office to avoid visiting
Christian dominated areas on Sunday, apart from emergency reasons.
7. Until the 2008 Constitution is amended:
(a) When State Budget is used for religious issues, the division should
be on proportional ratio; (E.g: In the national level 89% of the
budget will go to Buddhism, while 85% of the state budget will
go to Christian as Christians make 85% of the population)
(b) Chin State government should not held religious ceremonies such
as Maha-Thingyan, Christmas, and Easter Sunday as government
program.

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1. We will strive for Chin State government and Chin parliament to be
able to systematically put in place comprehensive strategies for protection
and promotion of culture, customs and literature as a national cause and
interest.
2. We will endeavor to make Chin traditional festivals public holidays
in Chin State and to seek ways for Chin nationals outside of Chin State
to be able to celebrate Chin traditional festivals.
3. We will strive to preserve and protect, using government budgets/with
the support of government budgets, Chin historical sites, monuments,
houses and places of historical importance and scenery.
4. We will work together with experts to include in the school textbooks
Chin culture and literature.
5. We will try to open research and training centers to promote traditional
songs, dances, music and tunes.
6. We will strive to seek ways in consultation with experts to make
progress towards the development of a Chin common language.
(20)
Policies on Chin culture and customs

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7. We will find way to make Chin languages as an official means of
communications (official language) in the jurisdiction area of Chin State
government, in addition to Burmese.
8. We will strive to arrange programs of Chin cultural exchanges onto
an international level.
9. We will promote and upgrade Chin culture and customs in line with
current trends.
(21)
Gender policies
Gender policy is be based on the following principles:
1. We will uphold respect for human rights;
2. We will work for equality in all areas of politics, economy, and society;
3. We will work to prevent violence in a various ways;
4. We will promote the development of gender equality.

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1. We will support Chin ethnic-national youth to freely draft Chin Youth
Policies without restrictions.
2. We will propose the Chin State government to allocate budget from
its annual state budget plan for Chin youth organizations’ projects.
3. We will endeavor to promote genuine nationalism and youth
empowerment for Chin ethnic-national youth across the globe.
4. We will implement plans and procedures to eradicate drugs among
Chin ethnic-national youth.
5. We will set plans and policies to create decent job opportunities for
Chin ethnic-national youth.
(22)
Youth Policies

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