New Mon State Party (Anti-Military Dictatorship)

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New Mon State Party (Anti-Military Dictatorship)
Mon: ဗော်ဍုင်မန်တၟိ (ဗ္တိုက်သရိုဟ်တၠအဝဵုပၞာန်)
Burmese: မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီ (စစ်အာဏာရှင်တိုက်ဖျက်ရေး)
LeadersNai Zeya
Salun Htaw
Nai Banyar
Dates of operation2024-present
Split from New Mon State Party
Active regions Mudon Township, Mon State
Kyain Seikgyi Township, Kayin State [1]
Ideology Mon nationalism
Federalism
Size1,500 [1]
Allies
Opponents Myanmar Army
Pyusawhti
Battles and wars

The New Mon State Party (Anti-Military Dictatorship) is a splinter group of the New Mon State Party. Its military wing is the Ramonnya Mon Army.

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History

This section is an excerpt from Mon National Liberation Army § 2024 Split.[ edit ]
On 14 February 2024, a splinter group named "New Mon State Party (Anti-Military Dictatorship)" announced that they will no longer negotiate with the junta and will be joining hands with the revolutionary forces, effectively declaring war on the junta. This decision was made during the Myanmar civil war. [2] [3] The MNLA-AMD and its political wing, the New Mon State Party (Anti-Dictatorship), [4] made up of senior MNLA officials, stated that they had broken away due to junta attacks on Mon areas and would only be active in areas the MNLA was not. [5] On 25 February, the spokesman for the NMSP-AD declared the groups intention to unite with local resistance forces. [6]

Post-split

In March 2024, the MNLA-AD participated in their first military operation -the battle of Kawt Bein- alongside other resistance. Resistance captured the town on 25 March before being forced to withdraw a month later. [7]

On 6 October 2024, Mon National Liberation Army Battalion-5, headquartered near Payathonzu, defected and joined the NMSP-AD. [8] The next month, the NMSP-AD announced its intention -alongside the Mon Liberation Army (MLA), Mon State Revolutionary Force (MSRF), and Mon State Defense Force (MSDF)- to cooperate with other Mon resistance and intensify offensive operations. [9]

During a meeting on 19 December, the NMSP-AD, alongside the MLA, MSDF, and MSRF, agreed to take steps to establish a unified Mon Army. [10] To test the feasibility of unification, on 20 January 2025, the NMSP-AD and the other 3 forces agreed to contribute soldiers into a joint force: the Ramanya Joint Column. [11] Each Mon group would contribute 25 soldiers, the column having 100 soldiers in total. The Mon groups also contributed 2 representatives each to the commanding committee, with an NMSP-AD representative being the senior-most officer. [12]

On 24 May 2025, the military wing of the NMSP-AD, the MNLA-AD, and MLA merged into the Ramonnya Mon Army. [13]

The Ramanya Joint Column was disbanded on 19 June due to complications regarding the NMSP-AD/MLA merge. The groups involved stated discussions were ongoing to reassess the columns structure. [14]

References

  1. 1 2 Nachemson, Andrew (20 March 2025). "'Ready to fight': Mon on the march". Frontier Myanmar .
  2. ↑ "အာဏာသိမ်းစစ်တပ်ကို တိုက်ခိုက်မည်ဟု မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီ နိုင်ငံရေးစစ်ရေးဦးဆောင်အဖွဲ့ ကြေညာ". Democratic Voice of Burma (in Burmese). 14 February 2024. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီမှအတွင်းရေးမှူး၊ ဒုစစ်ဦးစီးချုပ်တို့မှ ပါတီတွင်းမှ ယုံကြည်ချက်တူသူများနှင့် လက်တွဲ၍ စစ်ကောင်စီကို တိုက်ခိုက်သွားမည်ဟု ကြေငြာချက်ထုတ်". Narinjara (in Burmese). 14 February 2024. Archived from the original on 22 March 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "New Mon State Party breakaway formed to fight Myanmar junta". Mizzima. 17 February 2024. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ethnic Mon Party Offshoot Declares War on Myanmar Junta". The Irrawaddy. 15 February 2024. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Anti -Dictatorship Wing of Mon Party Pledges to Join with Resistance Forces". Independent Mon News Agency. 26 February 2024. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "A fledgling Mon resistance spreads its wings". Frontier Myanmar. 4 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) Battalion-5, joins anti-military faction NMSP-AD". Mizzima. 11 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "Mon Resistance Forces Plan To Intensify Offensive Actions". Independent Mon News Agency. 8 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Has the Unified Mon Army Been Established?". Independent Mon News Agency. 22 January 2025.
  11. ↑ Four Mon Resistance Groups Unite to Form Joint Army Myanmar Pressphoto Agency. Thar Nge Lay Nway
  12. ↑ "'Ready to fight': Mon on the march". Frontier Myanmar. 20 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "Two Mon revolutionary armies join forces, says beginning of all-inclusive Mon army". Mizzima (in Burmese). 24 May 2025.
  14. ↑ "Ramanya Joint Military Column Disbanded After Six Months of Operation". Independent Mon News Agency. 16 July 2025.
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