Peace and Diversity Party

Peace and Diversity Party
မတူကွဲပြားခြင်းနှင့် ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးပါတီ
Chairman Nay Myo Wai
Founded 1 June 2010
Headquarters No. 2/2/232, Mahawgani Road, Htauk Kyant, Mingaladon Township, Yangon
Ideology Humanism
Democracy
Nationalism
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The Peace and Diversity Party (Burmese: မတူကွဲပြားခြင်းနှင့် ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးပါတီ; PDP) is a political party in Myanmar (Burma). It was founded in 2010, with its headquarters in Mingaladon Township, Yangon.[1][2]

Political ideology

The political ideology of the Peace and Diversity Party is humanism, democracy and nationalism: to avoid practising a political ideology based on a particular class or nationalism based on race or religion. The Peace and Diversity Party mentions that they will support democracy and a government elected by the people.[2]

History

The Peace and Diversity Party has been campaigning vigorously against land confiscations in Myanmar for years, in 2012 the party's farm land strikes have been given public attention and is unique in comparison with strikes by other parties in the country.[3][4][5] The party is well known for their farm land strike's in Myanmar, where they protest farm land confiscation by the Zaykabar company , a company illegally confiscating farm land in order to turn them into industrial zones.[6][7]

The Peace and Diversity Party also stand with farmers whose lands are under control by the ministry of defence although unused by Myanmar military.[8] The party actively participated in exchanging idea's and opinion's about establishing a federal army and federal union. They were calling for political dialogue to be held in Thailand back in 2013.[9]

In recent years, the Peace and Diversity Party has shifted their focus toward anti-Islamization but not anti-Islam as they view islamization as a great threat towards Myanmar and the world. This anti-islamization movement of the Peace and Diversity Party is based on party's ideology to avoid practicing politics based on a particular class or nationalism based on any race or religion.[2]

14 candidates of Peace and Diversity Party compete in 2015 General Election.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "မတူကွဲပြားခြင်းနှင့်ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးပါတီ". www.uecmyanmar.org. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  2. 1 2 3 "POLITICAL PARTIES". election.irrawaddy.com. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  3. ↑ Diplomat, Kyaw Kyaw, The. "Land Reform Key to Burma's Future". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  4. ↑ "Myanmar's 'cronies' face spate of criticism". The Japan Times Online. 2013-03-28. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  5. ↑ "Land battles surface in Myanmar as reforms unfold". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  6. ↑ "23-29 July: Burma's Military and Economic Elites Continue to Steal the Livelihoods of Rural People". Burma Partnership. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  7. ↑ "Land Rights Activist Hit with Court Summons". 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  8. ↑ "Only Fraction of Land Seized by Military Will Be Returned: Minister". 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  9. ↑ Administrator. "UNFC". www.mmpeacemonitor.org. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  10. ↑ Times, The Myanmar. "Parties". www.mmtimes.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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