Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats

Template:Short description Template:Independent sources Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox organization Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) is a regional organization of liberal democratic political parties in Asia.

History and details

The council was created on 10 December 1993, in a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> There are nine member parties, an associate member, and one party with observer status. 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.

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 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The council has called the sanctions unfortunate and said they would not undermine the advocacy work it is engaged in.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Full members

Country	Name	Government	Political wing
Template:Flag	Cambodia National Rescue Movement	Template:No	Centre
Template:Flag	Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle	Template:No2 <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Centre-left
Template:Flag	National Awakening Party<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Template:Partial || Centre-right<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Malaysian People's Movement Party	Template:No	Centre
Template:Flag	Civil Will-Green Party	Template:No2	Centre
Template:Flag	Liberal Party	Template:No2	Centre to centre-left
Template:Flag	Singapore Democratic Party	Template:No	Centre to centre-left
Template:Flag	Democratic Progressive Party	Template:Yes2	Centre to centre-left
Template:Flag	Democrat Party	Template:Partial	Centre to centre-right

Observer parties

Country	Name	Government	Political wing
Template:Flag	National League for Democracy	Template:No	Centre<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Template:No2 || Centre to centre-left

External links

• Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats official site