Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State

Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State
စည်းလုံးညီညွတ်ရေးနှင့် ဒီမိုကရေစီပါတီ ကချင်ပြည်နယ်
Abbreviation UDPKS
Chairman U Khat Htein Nan
Founded 2 August 2010 (2010-08-02)
Headquarters 238B, Pyidaungsu Road, Yuzana Ward, Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar
Ideology Kachin interests
Federalism
Political position Centre-right
Colours Green
Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw
0 / 224
Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw
0 / 440
Seats in the Kachin State Hluttaw
1 / 53
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The Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State (Burmese: စည်းလုံးညီညွတ်ရေးနှင့် ဒီမိုကရေစီပါတီ ကချင်ပြည်နယ်; abbreviated UDPKS) is a minor political party in Myanmar (Burma).[1] It was founded on 2 August 2010 and is one of the few ethnic minority parties to have formed an alliance with the Union Solidarity and Development Party, a move which has damaged the party's legitimacy amongst some Kachin people.[2] The party currently had two representatives in the Union Hluttaw (2010-2015), Daw Doi Bu and U Hkyet Hting Nan, representing the Injanyang constituency and Myitkyina Constituency. Since April 2018, the UDPKS is in the merging process of becoming one Kachin Party, Kachin State Party, with Kachin State Democracy Party, Kachin Democratic Party and Kachin National Congress through the support from civil society organizations in Kachin State.

References

  1. ↑ "Myanmar Now | Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State".
  2. ↑ "Parties | Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
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