Senior General Than Shwe addresses Graduation Parade of DSA 50th Intake

Entire people need to take discipline seriously and
abide by it while the administrative sector cultivates
discipline-flourishing democratic practices

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec—The following is the speech delivered by Commander- in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe at the graduation of the 50th Intake of the Defence Services Academy today.

Comrades,
On the occasion of the Graduation Ceremony of the 50th Intake of the Defence Services Academy, I shall speak on matters of importance that you would do well to bear in mind. As you have successfully completed the period of training and academic study, you will soon be commissioned as junior leaders. The three Primary Duties of the
Tatmadaw that you will be entrusted with are the national defence duty, the training duty and the public service duty.

Comrades,
In speaking of the national defence duty, military affairs are a continuation of politics, which in turn, is interdependent with economics. In addition, political objectives, economic objectives and social objectives are guided by the administrative sector. For this reason, you will need the Four Outlooks —the political outlook, the economic outlook, the administrative outlook and the defence outlook — in discharging the national defence duty as junior leaders.

Comrades,
With regard to the political outlook, in our country, Our Three Main National Causes — Non-Disintegration of the Union, Non-Disintegration of National Solidarity and Perpetuation of Sovereignty — constitute the national politics that history has bequeathed to us.