Kokang Democracy and Unity Party
Kokang Democracy and Unity Party ကိုးကန့် ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် ညီညွတ်ရေးပါတီ | |
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| Abbreviation | KDUP |
| Chairman | Luo Xingguang |
| Vice-Chairman | Ye Kyinkan |
| Founded | 29 April 2010 |
| Headquarters | Lashio, Shan State, Myanmar |
| Ideology | Kokang nationalism, Three Principles of the People, National conservatism, Anti-communism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw | 0 / 224
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| Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw | 1 / 440
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| Seats in the Shan State Hluttaw | 1 / 151
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The Kokang Democracy and Unity Party (Burmese: ကိုးကန့် ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် ညီညွတ်ရေးပါတီ; abbreviated KDUP), locally known as Lashio Long, is a political party in Myanmar (Burma), representing the interests of the Kokang Chinese and the administration in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone.[1]
History
The party contested four constituencies in the 1990 general elections, receiving 0.07% of the vote and failing to win a seat.[2] The KDUP was re-established in 2010, and in the 2010 elections, it contested constituencies in Lashio, Kunlong and Hsenwi Townships in Shan State, but again failed to win a seat.[3][2]
The KDUP contested one House of Nationalities seat in the 2012 by-elections, Shan State's Constituency № 3, fielding party's chairman, Luo Xingguang, who was believed to have ties to drug traffickers Lo Hsing Han and Liu Guoxi.[4][5] In the 2015 elections the party succeeded in winning a seat in the House of Representatives and one seat in the Shan State Hluttaw.
References
- ^ "Kokang Democracy and Unity Party". Election 2010. Mizzima. 20 November 2010. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Kokang Democracy and Unity Party". 2010 Election Watch. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ "All legislatures". 2010 Election Watch. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ "Kokang party leader kin to "King of Opium"". Shan Herald Agency. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Proxy parties galore in Shan State". Shan Herald Agency. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
