Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats

The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) is a regional organization of liberal and democratic political parties in Asia.

Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
FormationOctober 15, 1993 (1993-10-15)
Founded atTaipei, Taiwan
Typeregional organization
Legal statusActive
Region
Asia
Websitecald.org
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Background

The Council was created on October 15, 1993, in a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan.[1] There are nine member parties, an associate member, and one party with observer status. Currently, many democrats in Asia have a relationship with CALD. CALD has also opened its membership to like-minded individuals, and regularly engages with non-member political parties from Japan and South Korea with which it shares the same democratic values. The Democratic Party of Japan is one of the examples. On the other hand, for the convenience of particular members, they also accept individual members like the situation in Hong Kong. The Democratic Party of Hong Kong is represented in CALD by Martin Lee and Sin Chung Kai. The third individual member of the CALD was Indonesia's ex-President Abdurrahman Wahid (1940–2009). Aung San Suu Kyi is honorary member of CALD.

Full members
Country Name Government Political wing
 CambodiaCambodia National Rescue Movementextraparliamentary oppositionCentre
 IndonesiaIndonesian Democratic Party of Strugglesenior party in government coalitionCentre-left
 IndonesiaNational Awakening Party[2]junior party in government coalitionIslamic party, centre-left to centre-right[3]
 MalaysiaParti Gerakan Rakyat MalaysiaoppositionCentre
 MongoliaCivil Will-Green Partyextraparliamentary oppositionCentre
 PhilippinesLiberal Partyin oppositionCentre to centre-left
 SingaporeSingapore Democratic Partyextraparliamentary oppositionCentre-left
 TaiwanDemocratic Progressive Partyin governmentCentre-left
 ThailandDemocrat Partyin governmentCentre-right

Observer party
Country Name Government Political wing
 MyanmarNational League for Democracyin governmentCentre-left

References
  1. History, About CALD, section Turning and idea into reality, CALD official website
  2. PKB Becomes Full CALD Member
  3. [http://m.merdeka.com/amp/peristiwa/mengenang-peran-besar-gus-dur-bagi-perayaan-imlek-dan-cap-go-meh.html
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