Mon Unity Party
The Mon Unity Party (MUP) is a political party in Myanmar (Burma). The party was formed from a merger of the All Mon Region Democracy Party and the Mon National Party. It has nearly 100,000 members and branch offices in Yangon, Kayin State, Tanintharyi, and Bago.[1]
Mon Unity Party | |
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| Burmese name | မွန်ညီညွတ်ရေးပါတီ |
| Mon name | ဗော်ညဳသၟဟ်မန် |
| တွဲဖက်အတွင်းရေးမှူး (၁) | နိုင်လယိတမ |
| တွဲဖက်အတွင်းရေးမှူး (၂) | နိုင်စံတင် |
| Founded | 11 July 2019 (registered) |
| Merger of | AMRDP MNP |
| Headquarters | Mawlamyine, Mon State |
| Ideology | Mon interests |
| Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw | 1 / 224
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| Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw | 0 / 440
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| Seats in the Mon State Hluttaw | 3 / 31
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| https://monunityparty.org/ | |
History
In December 2018, leaders of the All Mon Region Democracy Party and Mon National Party, as well as other interested Mon politicians, submitted a petition to Myanmar's election commission to form a new party, the Mon Unity Party.[2] The Mon Unity Party was officially registered on 11 July 2019.[3]
Party structure
The Mon Unity Party has 140 members on its central committee, including 59 members of the Central Executive Committee, four chairmen, and six secretariats.[4]
References
- "မွန်ညီညွတ်ရေးပါတီက မွန်အပြင် ကရင်၊တနင်္သာရီနဲ့ရန်ကုန်ကနေရာအချို့ပါ ဝင်ပြိုင်သွားဖို့ရှိနေ". BBC News (in Burmese). Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- "မွန်ညီညွတ်ရေးပါတီ တည်ထောင်ခွင့်ပြုကြောင်း ရွေးကော် ထုတ်ပြန်". Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight (in Burmese). Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- "Registration of the Mon Unity Party as a political party". Union Election Commission. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- Secretariat of the Mon Unity Party
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