Instructions IN POLITICS
In addition to military education, BPLA volunteers undergo social education. A brief tear after dawn drills allows for rest or reflection on recent political training.
Following dinner, all gets in the bamboo-constructed council house. The BPLA emblem hangs above the board. Powered by a machine, bright lights illuminate the area. Here, nighttime social courses take place.
Every night, Maung Saungkha delves into the BPLA’s establishment principles, state structure, democracy, and yet gender justice. His words echoed through the improvised house.
” I know you’re exhausted”, he told them,” but a soldier’s work transcends fatigue”.
One day, as the training advances, a cold silence descends upon the station. A coup hunter aircraft has discovered their existence. The machine breaks down, plunging the tent into darkness. All freezes, waiting for the helicopter to vanish.
Maung Saungkha gathers his officers the following day to strengthen emergency measures in the event of a fighter aircraft attack. In the forest, the sound of jets is a well-known risk, but vigilance is still important.
Ma Chel, a 25-year-old girl and assistant head of recruitment and testing for the BPLA, recalls her voyage from human to man. After completing fundamental education, she said she was happy to become an instructor.
” My consultant told me that if one man goes to the front, there’s one shot fired. But if 100 kids go, there are 100 shots”, Ma Chel said. ” This made me feel glad and encouraged”.