“Fighitng should be between armed organizations in Arakan State. They (military council) are in a position to attack the Arakan Army (AA). The military council is intentionally trying to enable the public to face hunger and put them in trouble instead of fighting.” U Tat Tun Aung , An ex-upper house MP from Pauktaw Township 25 Oct 2022
“The military wants to control all regions. The military wants the people to accept the coup. The military is cruel to the dissidents as the people don’t accept it. However, all our people show opposition to the military’s cruelty and coup through demonstration and resistance” An official of Special.9-HPDF (Htigyaing) 19 Oct 2022
“Since 1990, they’ve lied and deceived people in exactly the same way to make them return to their side. They’ve used this election method not just once, but over and over again. They’ve never accepted a result unless there was no way for them to win.” – Padoh Saw Taw Nee (Spokesperson, KNU) 17 Oct 2022
“We all need to be aware of the monopoly of the future politics, divisiveness, agitation and political game in Chin State, to make efforts and to be honest.” U Khaing Zar, Spokesperson of MATC/MDF 17 Oct 2022
“When they hit the Buddha [images], it was as if they hit our heart. We’ve been doing our religious work for so long. We tried to do our best, but we couldn’t understand why they did such a thing.” – U Thiri Nanda, head monk of Mae Ka Thar Pariyatti monastery 12 Oct 2022
“The revolution will come to an end if the military returns power to the public and surrenders to the public. We will fight until power is restored to the public.” Khu Daniel (Deputy Defense Minister of Karenni State Government) 06 Oct 2022
“I want heads to remember the fact that our revolution is more meaningful as civil servants participate in the CDM.” Dr. May Yi, CDM Lecturer 29 Sep 2022