Only Three Township-Level Committees Left To Be Unified For New Mon Unity Party
Only Three Township-Level Committees Left To Be Unified For New Mon Unity Party
Mon News Agency, 05 Feb 2019
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Following the agreement on the party merger between the two major Mon ethnic political parties, there are only three township-levels of the parties left to merge.
The Mon political parties, the All Mon Region Democracy Party (AMDP) and Mon National Party (MNP), agreed to merge back on August 7, 2018 at a meeting in Mon State Capital Mawlamyine.
The new unified Mon party initially submitted it’s registration to the Union Election Committee (UEC) under the name Mon Party. However, the UEC rejected the name. Party representatives have submitted the party registration again under the name of ‘Mon Unity Party’.
“There is one township-level left to merge in [Karen State’s] Kawkareik [township]. Also there are two townships left for the merger: one in Yangon and one in Bago. But we will soon implement the merger in those in Yangon and Bago,” said Nai Layie Tamarh, joint-secretary (1) of the soon to be Mon Unity Party.
The committees for 12 townships have already been consolidated. In Mon State, the list of already merged townships includes: Mawlamyine, Paung, Thaton, Kyaikhto, Kyaikmaraw, Mudon, Thanbyuzayat, and Ye. In adddition, Kawthaung and Boatpyin in Tharnintharyi Region and Kyarinnseikkyi Township in Karen State have also been merged.
The Mon political parties, the All Mon Region Democracy Party (AMDP) and Mon National Party (MNP), agreed to merge back on August 7, 2018 at a meeting in Mon State Capital Mawlamyine.
The new unified Mon party initially submitted it’s registration to the Union Election Committee (UEC) under the name Mon Party. However, the UEC rejected the name. Party representatives have submitted the party registration again under the name of ‘Mon Unity Party’.
“There is one township-level left to merge in [Karen State’s] Kawkareik [township]. Also there are two townships left for the merger: one in Yangon and one in Bago. But we will soon implement the merger in those in Yangon and Bago,” said Nai Layie Tamarh, joint-secretary (1) of the soon to be Mon Unity Party.
The committees for 12 townships have already been consolidated. In Mon State, the list of already merged townships includes: Mawlamyine, Paung, Thaton, Kyaikhto, Kyaikmaraw, Mudon, Thanbyuzayat, and Ye. In adddition, Kawthaung and Boatpyin in Tharnintharyi Region and Kyarinnseikkyi Township in Karen State have also been merged.