Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party
Political party in Myanmar
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The Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party (Burmese: ဖလုံ-စဝေါ် ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ; PSDP), also spelled Phlone-Sqaw Democratic Party, is a Karen political party in Myanmar.[2]
ChairmanU Saw Thein Aung
Secretary-GeneralU Saw Tin Hlaing
FoundedJune 4, 2010[1]
HeadquartersHpa-an, Kayin State, Myanmar
Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party ဖလုံ-စဝေါ် ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | U Saw Thein Aung |
| Secretary-General | U Saw Tin Hlaing |
| Founded | June 4, 2010[1] |
| Headquarters | Hpa-an, Kayin State, Myanmar |
| Ideology | Karen interests |
| Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw | 1 / 224 |
| Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw | 0 / 440 |
| Seats in the State and Regional Hluttaws | 0 / 880 |
History
The party was established in 2010.[3] In the 2010 general elections it put forward four candidates for the House of Nationalities, winning three seats. Two of its five candidates were elected to the House of Representatives; it took over 70% of the vote in Karen State.[4]
