Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats

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Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
Formation15 October 1993; 30 years ago (1993-10-15)
TypeRegional organization
Legal statusActive
PurposeLiberalism
HeadquartersTaipei, Taiwan
Region
Asia
Websitecald.org
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The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) is a regional organization of

liberal democratic political parties
in Asia.

The Council was created on 15 October 1993, in a meeting in

Sin Chung Kai. The third individual member of the CALD was Indonesia's ex-President Abdurrahman Wahid (1940–2009). Aung San Suu Kyi and Corazon Aquino
(1933–2009) are honorary members of CALD.

The CALD has been sanctioned by the

People's Republic of China for allegedly promoting Taiwanese independence.[2][3] The council has called the sanctions unfortunate and said they would not undermine the advocacy work it is engaged in.[4]

Full members

Country Name Government Political wing
 Cambodia Cambodia National Rescue Movement in exile Centre
 Indonesia Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle senior party in government coalition Centre-left
 Indonesia National Awakening Party[5] junior party in government coalition Centre-right[6]
 Malaysia Malaysian People's Movement Party extraparliamentary opposition Centre
 Mongolia
Civil Will-Green Party
 extraparliamentary opposition Centre
 Philippines Liberal Party in opposition Centre to centre-left
 Singapore Singapore Democratic Party extraparliamentary opposition Centre to centre-left
 Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party in government Centre to centre-left
 Thailand Democrat Party in opposition Centre to centre-right

Observer parties

Country Name Government Political wing
 Myanmar National League for Democracy under military junta Centre[7]
 Japan Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan[8] in opposition Centre to centre-left

References

  1. ^ "History : CALD | Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats". cald.org.
  2. ^ "MOFA response to April 7 announcement by China's Taiwan Affairs Office to sanction Taiwan's Representative to the US Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwan-based Prospect Foundation, and Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan). 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ "China imposes further sanctions on Taiwan's U.S. representative". CNBC. 6 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Statement of the CALD Chairperson on China's sanctions against CALD and its officials".
  5. ^ "PKB Becomes Full CALD Member : CALD | Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats". cald.org.
  6. ^ "Guide to the 2019 Indonesian elections: A little psephology". Australia-Indonesia Centre. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  7. ISBN 9781317471561
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  8. ^ "List of members". cald.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

External links

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