People's Revolution Front
The People's Revolution Front (PRF) was founded on July 6, 2021, when student unions, youth, teachers' unions, CDM education staff and political activists from across the country who had led and taken part in mass strikes against military dictatorship came together and held their first congress in a liberated area.
The People's Revolution Front (PRF) was founded on July 6, 2021, when student unions, youth, teachers' unions, CDM education staff and political activists from across the country who had led and taken part in mass strikes against military dictatorship came together and held their first congress in a liberated area.
In Announcement No. (1/2021)[1], it stated that its basic policies are uprooting military dictatorship, democracy and peace, and that it will stand and fight for the interests of the oppressed people.
On December 13, 2021, the front officially issued its "Political Manifesto"[2]. According to the manifesto, the front is built equally on political and military lines, and militarily uses both urban and rural guerrilla methods. The front is organized not around individuals but mainly around its membership, led by a political leading body (politburo), a central military commission and a central organizing committee, and aims for a federal union that can serve the interests of all ethnic groups and all classes. The secretary of the political leading body is Comrade Aung Naing Kyaw.
It receives the necessary military training and other support from the three Northern Alliance brothers.[3] It operates in Magway and Sagaing regions and has up to four military regions. Its departments include military affairs, central information, central data/research/documentation, finance and public relations. According to PRF statements, it began military training and demolition training in December 2021. It also held political discussions within the force at the same time.
At its founding through December 2021 it had only three military regions, and it officially announced that the People's Revolution Front (Pakokku Region), the People's Revolution Front (Yangon Region) and the People's Revolution Front (Minbu Region) are regional guerrilla forces[4] operating under the PRF Central Military Commission.
Using both military and political means, the PRF also issued, on January 6, 2023, in the name of its military political department, a position titled "Objecting to and Boycotting the Illegitimate Sham Election of the Junta's Proxy UEC".
In its areas of operation, the PRF also provides security for local residents' mass strikes against the terrorist junta's coup, and carries out public service work such as political talks, relief for displaced people, and health education and treatment. It also usually carries out programmes to ease the hardship of war-affected people. [6]
On March 2, 2023, Spring Normal University (SNU) and the PRF – Education Sector issued a joint statement. The statement says they agreed to cooperate on education, and will cooperate on basic and higher education in the interim people's education sector based on four education programmes.[7] On May 9, it also issued a joint statement with Myanmar Nway-Oo University on cooperating on education.[8]
Militarily, the PRF currently continues to carry out operations together with the People's Democratic Organization/Army (PDO/PDA), Pakokku District Battalion (13), the Western Plain (LPDF), Ayeya West (Kamma Town PaKaFa), PDF Kamma (Kamma PaKaFa), the BLY People's Defence Force, and the Borderless Freedom Federal Column (1).