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Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party
The Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party (Burmese: ဖလုံ-စဝေါ် ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ; PSDP), also spelled Phlone-Sqaw Democratic Party, is a Karen political party in Myanmar.[2]
Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party ဖလုံ-စဝေါ် ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | U Saw Thein Aung |
| Secretary-General | U Saw Tin Hlaing |
| Founded | June 4, 2010[1] |
| Headquarters | Hpa-an, Kayin State, Myanmar |
| Ideology | Karen interests |
| Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw | 0 / 224 |
| Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw | 0 / 440 |
| Seats in the State and Regional Hluttaws | 0 / 880 |
History edit
The party was established in 2010.[3] In the 2010 general elections it put forward four candidates for the House of Nationalities, winning three seats. Two of its five candidates were elected to the House of Representatives; it took over 70% of the vote in Karen State.[4]
References edit
- ^ "ကရင်အမျိုးသားပါတီ". 7Day News. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ Political Parties Sign Election Code of Conduct The Irrawaddy, 26 June 2015
- ^ Myanmar Times - Election Parties 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine Myanmar Times, 2 September 2015
- ^ Karen parties and the vote New Mandala, 7 November 2015