Arakan League for Democracy
| Arakan League for Democracy ရခိုင် ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ် | |
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| Leader | Aye Tha Aung |
| Founded | 27 September 1989 |
| Dissolved | 13 January 2014[1] |
| Headquarters | 373 Lower Pazundaung Road, Pazundaung Township, Yangon |
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The Arakan League for Democracy (ALD) (Burmese: ရခိုင်ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်) was a political party that operated in Rakhine State of Myanmar.
History
The ALD was founded on 27 September 1989, in Yangon, and it was registered with the election commission on 2 October 1989. It contested 25 seats in the 1990 general elections,[2] receiving the majority of the vote at the Rakhine State.[3] Nationally it received 1.2% of the vote, winning 11 seats, making it the third-largest party.[4] However, the ALD was banned by the military government on 6 March 1992.[5]
On 6 April 2012, the ALD was allowed to be re-established as a political party by the Union Election Commission, as its application complied with the law and rules of the election commission.[6] In November, members of the ALD claimed that they had been threatened by local authorities with the abolition of the party, due to an alleged recruitment membership fraud.[3]
On 17 June 2013, The Rakhine Nationalities Development Party and the Arakan League for Democracy signed an agreement to merge under the name of Rakhine National Party.[7] With the formation of the new party, the Arakan League for Democracy was officially dissolved on 6 March 2014.[8][9][10][11]
References
- ↑ "Arakanese Political Parties Merge to Form ANP". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ↑ Robert H Taylor (2009) The State in Myanmar, NUS Press
- 1 2 Authorities threaten to abolish Arakanese party Narinjara.com, 28 November 2012
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p615 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ 1990 multi-party democracy general elections Democratic Voice of Burma
- ↑ ALD Allowed to Re-Establish as Political Party Narinjara.com, 11 April 2012
- ↑ Naw Say Phaw Waa (21 June 2013). "Rakhine parties formalise merger". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ↑ "Arakanese Political Parties Merge to Form ANP". The Irrawaddy. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ↑ "Rakhine National Party allowed as political party | Ministry Of Information". Moi.gov.mm. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ↑ "Formation of Rakhine National Party approved | Ministry Of Information". Moi.gov.mm. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
- ↑ "Arakanese Political Parties Merge to Form ANP". Irrawaddy.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
