Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats

Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats

The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats is a regional organization of liberal and democratic political parties in Asia. The Council was created on October 15, 1993, in a meeting in Taipei.[1] There are nine member parties:

The now defunct Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party of Cambodia was one of the founding members.

Currently, many democrats in Asia have a relationship with CALD. CALD has also opened its membership to like-minded individuals, and regularly engages with non-member political parties from Japan and South Korea with which it shares the same democratic values. The Democratic Party of Japan is one of the examples. On the other hand, for the convenience of particular members, they also accept individual members like the situation in Hong Kong. The Democratic Party of Hong Kong is represented in CALD by Martin Lee and Chung Kai Sin

References

  1. ^ History, About CALD, section Turning and idea into reality, CALD official website

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