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37-742: The foundation runs a Hospitality and Catering Training Academy in Kawhmu Township , in Yangon Region . Aung San Suu Kyi's friend Nasuo Miyashito donated 2 Hino cars. In 2013, the mobile library service started with that cars. The leader of the project is Dr. Thant Thaw Kaung , a member of the Foundation's executive committee. It gradually expanded to 17 vehicles, 346 sets of computers and accessories, and more than 110,000 books. On 23 August 2019, Daw Khin Kyi Foundation has been providing assistance for

74-433: A corruption lawsuit against Aung San Suu Kyi by SAC. Many media reported that "he repeatedly said in the court that the case for cash donations was not for bribery, and only to show sympathy as he lost his father and grandfather due to cancer disease". Kawhmu Township Kawmhu Township ( Burmese : ကော့မှူး မြို့နယ် [kɔ̰m̥ú mjo̰nɛ̀] Mon : ဍုၚ်ကအ်မုဟ် ) is a township of Yangon Region , Myanmar . It

111-573: A landslide victory in the 2015 general election but was overthrown in a coup d'état in February 2021 following another landslide election victory in 2020 . Founded on 27 September 1988, the NLD has become one of the most influential parties in Myanmar's pro- democracy movement. Aung San Suu Kyi , the former State Counsellor of Myanmar , serves as its leader. The party won a substantial parliamentary majority in

148-563: A military-sponsored massacre. Its general secretary, Aung San Suu Kyi, and the party's vice president, U Tin Oo, were again arrested. From 2004, the government prohibited the activities of the party. In 2006, many members resigned from NLD, citing harassment and pressure from the Tatmadaw (Armed Forces) and the Union Solidarity and Development Association . In October 2008, following the crackdown on

185-503: A political party in order to contend in 48 by-elections necessitated by the promotion of Union Solidarity and Development Party MPs who had been appointed as ministers. Following the decision, Suu Kyi held a telephone conference with Barack Obama, in which it was agreed that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would make a visit to Myanmar, a move received with caution by Burma's ally China. The visit took place on 30 November. European Union Vice President Catherine Ashton welcomed

222-537: A video file showing that Maung Weik , who is the chairman of Sae Paing Co., Ltd., had given the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation $ 550,000 illegally. According to media reports, Maung Weik announced a voluntary donation to the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation according to his wishes in the Naypyitaw Special Court on May 31, 2022, in connection with a USD 550,000 donation for the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation, which has filed

259-521: A way that the party would have had to expel these members to be allowed to run. This decision, taken in May, led to the party being officially banned. A splinter group named the National Democratic Force broke away from the NLD to contest the elections, but secured less than 3% of the vote. The election was won in a landslide by the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), and

296-450: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . National League for Democracy The National League for Democracy ( Burmese : အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ် , IPA: [ʔəmjóðá dìmòkəɹèsì ʔəpʰwḛdʑoʊʔ] ; abbr. NLD ; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a deregistered liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (formerly Burma). It became the country's ruling party after

333-538: Is located in the southwestern section of the Region. Kawhmu was one of the townships in Yangon Region most affected by Cyclone Nargis . Labor activist and political prisoner Su Su Nway is from Htan Manaing village in the township, where she became the first Burmese national to successfully sue local government officials under a 1999 law for forced labour . In January 2012, after spending years in house arrest under

370-492: The 1990 Myanmar general election . However, the ruling military junta refused to recognise the result. On 6 May 2010, the party was declared illegal and ordered to be disbanded by the junta after refusing to register for the elections slated for November 2010 . In November 2011, the NLD announced its intention to register as a political party to contest future elections, and Myanmar's Union Election Commission approved their application for registration on 13 December 2011. In

407-605: The 2012 by-elections , the NLD contested 44 of the 45 available seats, winning 43, with its only loss being in one seat to the SNDP . Party leader Aung San Suu Kyi won the seat of Kawhmu . In the 2015 general election , the NLD won a supermajority in both houses of the Assembly , paving the way for the country's first non-military president in 54 years. The NLD is an observer party of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats . On 21 May 2021,

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444-608: The National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB). In 2001, the government permitted NLD office branches to re-open throughout Burma and freed some imprisoned members. In May 2002, NLD's general secretary, Aung San Suu Kyi, was again released from house arrest. She and other NLD members made numerous trips throughout the country and received support from the public. However, on their trip to Depayin township in May 2003, dozens of NLD members were shot and killed in

481-409: The rule of law , and national reconciliation. The NLD is described as liberal , democratic-liberal, liberal-conservative , and social-liberal . The NLD supports populism and protectionist economic policies. Historically, the NLD has been a social-democratic party. Aung San Suu Kyi also claimed amendments to the constitution of 2008, drafted with the input of the armed forces, such as

518-542: The 45 available seats at both the national and regional levels. Its main rival, the USDP also contested all available seats, losing all but one seat. During preparations for the 2015 elections , the party was criticised for discouraging Muslim candidates, a step interpreted as a desire to maintain relations with hardline Buddhist monks such as the Ma Ba Tha association. The NLD secured 85% of all available parliamentary seats during

555-563: The Burmese independence movement of the 1940s. She was recruited by concerned democracy advocates. The first founding chair is Brigadier General Aung Gyi and Aung San Suu Kyi is the General Secretary of the Party. In the 1990 parliamentary elections , the party took 59% of the vote and won 392 out of 492 contested seats, compared to 10 seats won by the governing National Unity Party . However,

592-625: The Burmese lower house of parliament. She leads the National League for Democracy (NLD), a party that had not participated in major elections for two decades because of various bans and boycotts. In the 2020 Myanmar general election , Htay Aung contested as an independent candidate for the Kawhmu Township constituency against the State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi but lost. This Yangon Region location article

629-514: The NLD, though the junta later reversed this decision, with spokesman Zaw Min Tun saying that the NLD will decide whether to stand in the next general election . After the junta enacted a new electoral law in January 2023 designed to favor the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), the military's electoral proxy, the NLD announced it would not re-register as a political party and would not recognize

666-580: The National League for Democracy party of planting that bomb, but experts believed at the time that the opposition was not in a position to carry out such acts amidst the tightly controlled security environment. The junta detained several members of the party in connection with the bombings that year. The NLD boycotted the general election held in November 2010 because many of its most prominent members were barred from standing. The laws were designed in such

703-448: The UEC dissolved the NLD for failing to register, a decision which the NLD rejected as illegitimate. The NLD was formed in the aftermath of the 8888 Uprising , a series of protests in favour of democracy which took place in 1990 and ended when the military again took control of the country in a coup. It formed under the leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of Aung San , a pivotal figure in

740-661: The aftermath of the Saffron Revolution a bomb exploded in the Htan Chauk Pin quarter of the Shwepyitha Township of Yangon , near the office of the military junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Association killing one. The victim was identified as Thet Oo Win, a former Buddhist monk who participated in the Saffron Revolution, was killed while improvising the bomb at his own residence. The junta blamed

777-533: The decades-long democratic struggle against military dictatorship in the country. The latter closely resembles a green peafowl , as it has a tufted crest. The NLD party symbol is adopted from the Myanmar (Burmese) Student Union flag. This student union organised since the uprising against British colonial rule in Burma, years before the independence of Burma in 1948, had played a major political role in Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi's late father Bogyoke Aung San (General Aung San)

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814-515: The election. Ko Ni , a legal advisor to the party and a Muslim, was assassinated in January 2017. The party was criticised by international media outlets for its lack of response to renewed military-led violence against the Rohingya beginning in 2016, as well as for "doing little to address the country’s weak rule of law, corrupt judiciary, or impunity for security force abuses" with the power they had (although security institutions remain dominated by

851-812: The flood-affected people from 450 houses in 5 villages of Dawphyar Village-tract of Kawkareik Township in Kayin State . In September 2019, Daw Khin Kyi foundation and the Information and Public Relations Department under Myanmar's Ministry of Information , signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation for community centers and libraries. In January 2020, the foundation builds 50 houses for Chin internally displaced people (IDPs) in Thantlang Township, Chin State . In June 2020, Daw Khin Kyi Foundation have criticised for

888-433: The following day. On 4 February 70 NLD MPs took an oath of office , in clear defiance of the coup. In the succeeding weeks, the military junta continued arresting hundreds of NLD members, most of whom were arrested under the pretext of participating in anti-coup protests. As of March 2023 , 1,232 NLD members have been jailed (including 80 MP-elects), while at least 84 NLD members have died in custody. The NLD rejected

925-417: The junta-controlled Union Election Commission (UEC) announced plans to permanently dissolve the NLD, though the junta later temporarily reversed this decision. In January 2023, the junta enacted a new electoral law designed to favor the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), the military's electoral proxy, leading the NLD to announce that it would not re-register as a political party. On 28 March 2023,

962-477: The land grant of over 23 acres by some MPs and member of the public. On 15 January 2021, the foundation had donated more than 530 million kyats to the government for buying COVID-19 vaccinations. On 10 February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état , the military-led Bureau of Special Investigation (BSI) raided the foundation's Yangon office without a search warrant i. BSI officials seized computers, financial records, and bank statements during

999-403: The mandatory granting of 25% of seats in parliament to appointed military representatives, are undemocratic. The party flag features the peacock , a prominent symbol of Myanmar. The dancing peacock (the peacock in courtship or in display of its feathers) was frequently featured in Burmese monarchic flags as well as other nationalist symbols in the country. The fighting peacock is associated with

1036-621: The military claimed the vote was fraudulent, citing 8.6 million irregularities in voter lists. On 28 January 2021, the Union Election Commission rejected the military's fraud allegations, unable to corroborate the military's claims. During the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état on 1 February, the military quickly mobilised to key NLD leaders, including Suu Kyi, President Win Nyunt , and 400 MP-elects, who were all in Naypyidaw to be sworn into office

1073-468: The military's legal basis for the staging a coup. Post-coup, NLD offices were occupied and raided by police authorities, starting on 2 February. Documents, computers and laptops were forcibly seized, and the NLD called these raids unlawful. On 9 February, police raided the NLD headquarters in Yangon. On 21 May 2021, the junta-controlled Union Election Commission (UEC) announced plans to permanently dissolve

1110-421: The military). The NLD won the 2020 Myanmar general election by a larger margin than in 2015, securing the mandate to form a new government. By contrast, the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party lost 8 additional seats in both chambers of the national legislature. Domestic and international election observers deemed the election results credible, noting no major irregularities. Nonetheless,

1147-537: The orders of Myanmar's ruling junta, Aung San Suu Kyi announced that she would be running for elected office to represent Kawhmu in parliament in elections slated for April 2012. The elections came after the Burmese government, led by President Thein Sein , began normalising relations with the West and showing other signs of democratic reform . On 1 April 2012, Suu Kyi won her local election and now represents Kawhmu Township in

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1184-507: The possibility of "fair and transparent" elections in Burma, and said that the EU would be reviewing its foreign policy towards the country. The NLD contested the all available seats during the 2012 Myanmar by-elections . The election was marred with skepticism over whether the results would be legitimate, and the NLD reported issues with campaign conduct and other irregularities in the election's lead-up. NLD candidates, including Suu Kyi, won 43 of

1221-676: The raid. Moe Zaw Oo, who is a member of the Peace Commission set up by Suu Kyi's government, and Thant Thaw Kaung , a publisher known for advocating for libraries, were detained. Aung San Suu Kyi was charged under Section 55 of the Anti-Corruption Law, claiming that 1.86 acres of land and building in University Avenue Road was rented at a lower rate by abusing her position to open the headquarters of Daw Khin Kyi Foundation. On 17 March 2021, Myanmar Radio and Television released

1258-445: The results of any election held by the junta. On 28 March 2023, the UEC dissolved the NLD, which, in turn, challenged the decision saying that the UEC has no legitimacy as the junta itself "is by no means legal". The party advocates a non-violent movement towards multi-party democracy in Myanmar, which was under military rule from 1962 to 2011. The party also claims to support human rights (including broad-based freedom of speech ),

1295-468: The ruling military junta (formerly SLORC , later known as the State Peace and Development Council or SPDC) did not let the party form a government. Soon after the election, the party was repressed and in 1996 Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest . This was her status for 16 of the following 21 years until her release on 13 November 2010. A number of senior NLD members escaped arrest, however, and formed

1332-435: Was described by U.S. President Barack Obama as "stolen". Discussions were held between Suu Kyi and the Burmese government during 2011, which led to a number of official gestures to meet her demands. In October, around a tenth of Myanmar's political prisoners were freed in an amnesty and trade unions were legalised. On 18 November 2011, following a meeting of its leaders, the NLD announced its intention to re-register as

1369-522: Was one of the former presidents of the Rangoon University Student Union. The party emblem is a traditional bamboo hat ( ခမောက် ). NLD Women's Committee ( Burmese : အမျိုးသားဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ် အမျိုးသမီး ကော်မတီ ) is the committee of NLD women and provided legal and social assistance to women in need. Women's Work Committees have been formed at all administrative levels, including region and state, ward, and village. The chairman of

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