Kokang Democracy and Unity Party
Kokang Democracy and Unity Party | |
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| Burmese name | Template:My |
| Chinese name | 果敢民主团结党 |
| 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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| Simplified Chinese | 果敢民主团结党 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 果敢民主團結黨 | ||||||
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| Local nicknames | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 腊戍龙 / 大腊戍 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 臘戍龍 / 大臘戍 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Lashio Dragons / Great Lashio | ||||||
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The Kokang Democracy and Unity Party (KDUP), known locally as the Lashio Dragons or the Great Lashio, 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.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. 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.
- ^ "Proxy parties galore in Shan State". Shan Herald Agency. 15 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
