The Karenni organizations has touched the most essential core issue on genuine federalism, when they said the State Chief Minister should be a local.

The Arakan National Party (ANP), which won the most vote in November nationwide election, and also Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) that also won some 40 seats nationwide, have demanded and aired the same opinion.

It is in line with the Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD's election campaign promises and should be honoured without fail. In normal federal union set up, it will be absurd to even ask for such rights for it should be ingrained in the federal constitution, with ethnic self-governance rights.

But 2008 Military-drafted Constitution is to protect the Burmese military privileges and uphold Bamar ethnocentrism. Suu Kyi should start to change this now, show that she really means business and fulfil the request of the non-Bamar ethnic nationalities' right of self-determination, in line with the genuine federalism election campaign promises.