Shan Nationalities League for Democracy
| Shan Nationalities Democratic Party Burmese: ရှမ်းတိုင်းရင်းသားများ ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ |
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| Leader | Sai Ai Pao |
| Headquarters | South Okkalapa Township, Yangon Region |
| Ideology | Ethnic Minority Interests, Democracy |
| Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw |
3 / 224
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| Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw |
18 / 440
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| Politics of Burma Political parties Elections |
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The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (Burmese: ရှမ်းအမျိုသား ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ် [ʃáɴ ʔəmjóðá dìmòkəɹèsì ʔəpʰwḛdʑoʊʔ]; abbreviated SNLD) is a political party in Myanmar (Burma), representing the interests of the Shan minority. At the last parliamentary elections held on 27 May 1990, under the leadership of Khun Htun Oo, the party won a clear representation, became the second party in parliament, but parliament was not allowed to convene. The SNLD is closely allied to Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD).[1] In 2005, Khun Htun Oo and other SNLD leaders were arrested on charges of treason and "inciting disaffection toward the government" following a lunch conversation about national politics.[2] Khun Htun Oo was subsequently sentenced to 93 years' imprisonment.[1]
[edit] Shan Nationalities Democratic Party
SNLD is participating as the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (Burmese: ရှမ်းတိုင်းရင်းသားများ ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် ပါတီ [ʃáɴ táɪɴjɪ́ɴðámjá dìmòkərɛʔtɪʔ pàtì]; abbreviated SNDP), also known as the White Tiger Party or Kya Phyu Party[3] in the [4] 2010 general election in Burma. The party was formally registered in April 2010. SNDP's headquarters are in South Okkalapa Township, Yangon and its chairman is Sai Ai Pao, who was also secretary of the SNLD. SNDP plans to contest constituencies in Shan State, as well as Shan-populated townships in Kachin and Kayah States, Mandalay, Yangon, Bago, and Sagaing Regions.In actually the party contested in Shan state, Kachin state and Mandalay Region. In December 2011, the party head office moved to Taunggyi, capital of Shan state where it's leader Sai Ai Pao live. After 2010 election complete, the two representatives of Shan State Hluttaw from the Party, Sai Ai Pao and Sai Naw Kham were appointed as Ministers of Shan State Government. Shan Nationalities Democratic Party held its first congress at Taunggyi from December 13–15, 2010. The congress elected a 21-member Party Central Committee.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "AAPP Case No.: 0055". Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. 11 February 2010. http://www.aappb.org/bio_pdf/Khun_Tun_Oo_bio_updated11Feb2010.pdf. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ "MYANMAR Democracy Advocate Put Behind Bars for 93 Years". Amnesty International. http://www.amnestyusa.org/iar/pdf/UKhunHtunOoCaseSheet.pdf. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ http://www.mizzima.com/news/breaking-and-news-brief/5816-white-tiger-party-to-contest-in-five-seats-in-coming-by-elections.html
- ^ a b http://www.mizzima.com/political-pro/new-parties/sndp.html
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