Kokang Democracy and Unity Party

Kokang Democracy and Unity Party
Kokang Democracy and Unity Party
Burmese name	ကိုးကန့် ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် ညီညွတ်ရေးပါတီ
Chinese name	果敢民主团结党
Abbreviation	KDUP
Chairman	Luo Xingguang
Vice Chairman	Yan Kyin Kan
Founded	29 April 2010 (15 years ago)
Headquarters	Lashio, Shan State
Ideology	Kokang interests; Chinese nationalism; Three Principles of the People; National conservatism; Anti-communism;
Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw	0 / 224
Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw	0 / 440
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The Kokang Democracy and Unity Party (KDUP) is a political party in Myanmar (Burma) representing the interests of the Kokang Chinese and the administration in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone.^[2]

History

The party contested four constituencies in the 1990 general elections, receiving 0.07% of the vote and failing to win a seat.^[3] The KDUP was re-established in 2010. In the 2010 elections, it contested constituencies in Lashio, Kunlong and Hsenwi Townships in Shan State, but again failed to win a seat.^[4]^[3]

The KDUP contested one House of Nationalities seat in the 2012 by-elections, Shan State's Constituency No. 3, fielding party's chairman, Luo Xingguang, who was believed to have ties to drug traffickers Lo Hsing Han and Liu Guoxi.^[5]^[6] In the 2015 elections the party succeeded in winning a seat in the House of Representatives and one seat in the Shan State Hluttaw.

^ Aung, Ei Cherry (13 May 2016). "Yan Kyin Kan: 'Many Kokang people are afraid of politics'". Myanmar Now via Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
^ "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. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. 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.

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