Six Ethnic Political Parties Apply for UNA Membership
Six Ethnic Political Parties Apply for UNA Membership
Burma News International, 05 May 2016
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The United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) alliance of eight ethnic political parties will accept six more ethnic political parties who have applied for membership said the UNA leader U Khun Htun Oo.
He said: “We will accept the ethnic parties that have applied to become UNA members. The UNA will hold a meeting to approve them. I’m quite certain that they will be accepted because ethnic people need to be strong. Now, the Kachin people are uniting and the Karen people are uniting, that’s why the UNA needs to be strong.”
The decision on whether to accept the parties as new members will be taken at a UNA members’ meeting on 7 May.
The eight current members of the UNA are: the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), the Arakan National Party (ANP), the Zomi Congress for Democracy (ZCD), the Karen National Party, the Mon National Party (MNP), the Kachin State National Congress for Democracy (KNDC), the Shan State Kokang Democratic Party (SSKDP), and the Kayan National Party.
The six ethnic political parties applying for UNA membership are: The KSDP, the Arakan Patriot Party, the Chin League for Democracy, the Danu National Progressive Party, the Chin Progressive Party, and the Mro National Democracy Party.
He said: “We will accept the ethnic parties that have applied to become UNA members. The UNA will hold a meeting to approve them. I’m quite certain that they will be accepted because ethnic people need to be strong. Now, the Kachin people are uniting and the Karen people are uniting, that’s why the UNA needs to be strong.”
The decision on whether to accept the parties as new members will be taken at a UNA members’ meeting on 7 May.
The eight current members of the UNA are: the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), the Arakan National Party (ANP), the Zomi Congress for Democracy (ZCD), the Karen National Party, the Mon National Party (MNP), the Kachin State National Congress for Democracy (KNDC), the Shan State Kokang Democratic Party (SSKDP), and the Kayan National Party.
The six ethnic political parties applying for UNA membership are: The KSDP, the Arakan Patriot Party, the Chin League for Democracy, the Danu National Progressive Party, the Chin Progressive Party, and the Mro National Democracy Party.