Arakan League for Democracy

Arakan League for Democracy
ရခိုင် ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်
English name Arakan League for Democracy
Leader Aye Thar Aung
Founded 27 September 1989
Dissolved 13 January 2014[1]
Headquarters 373 Lower Pazundaung Road, Pazundaung Township, Yangon
Election symbol
Website
http://www.aldarakan.org/
Politics of Myanmar
Political parties
Elections

The Arakan League for Democracy (ALD) (Burmese: ရခိုင်ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်) is a political party that operated in Rakhine State (Arakan State), Myanmar. The ALD was founded on 27 September 1989, in Yangon, and it was registered with the election commission on 2 October 1989. It received the majority of votes at the Arakan State in the 1990 elections,[2] winning 11 seats.[3]

The ALD was abolished shortly afterwards by then ruling junta State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC). ALD leaders went into exile in order to continue their political activities.

On 6 April 2012, the ALD was allowed by the Myanmar Union Election Commission to be established as a political party, as its application complied with the law and rules of the election commission.[4] 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.[2]

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.[5] With the formation of the new party, the Arakan League for Democracy was officially dissolved on 6 March 2014.[6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Arakanese Political Parties Merge to Form ANP". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Authorities threaten to abolish Arakanese party Narinjara.com, 28 November 2012
  3. ↑ Arakan League for Democracy Re-Registers as Political Party Narinjara.com, 30 April 2012
  4. ↑ ALD Allowed to Re-Establish as Political Party Narinjara.com, 11 April 2012
  5. ↑ Naw Say Phaw Waa (21 June 2013). "Rakhine parties formalise merger". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Arakanese Political Parties Merge to Form ANP". The Irrawaddy. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Rakhine National Party allowed as political party | Ministry Of Information". Moi.gov.mm. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  8. ↑ "Formation of Rakhine National Party approved | Ministry Of Information". Moi.gov.mm. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  9. ↑ "Arakanese Political Parties Merge to Form ANP". Irrawaddy.org. Retrieved 2014-04-14.