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 Humanist Democratic 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

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

History

Peace and Diversity Party has been campaigning vigorously against land confiscations in Myanmar as for years and in 2012, party's farm land strikes are aware by public and it is foremost of other parties in countrywide.[3][4][5] The party is well known as pioneer farm land strike party in Myanmar for national farm land reform movement to Zaykabar's illegally taking land for an industrial zone.[6][7]

Peace and Diversity Party also stood with farmers whose lands are under Minister of Defence although unused by Myanmar military.[8] The party actively participated in exchanging idea and opinion about establishing federal army and federal union and for trust building in future political dialogue in Thailand in 2013.[9]

In recent years, Peace and Diversity Party has shifted his focusing on anti-Islamization but not anti-Islam as a view of islamization threat is the major issue for Myanmar as well as worldwide. This anti-islamization movement of Peace and Diversity Party is based on party's ideology to avoid practicing a political ideology based on a particular class or nationalism based on race or religion.[2]

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

References

  1. User, Super. "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. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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