Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats

The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) is a regional organization of liberal and democratic political parties in Asia.

Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
FormationOctober 15, 1993 (1993-10-15)
Founded atTaipei, Taiwan
Typeregional organization
Legal statusActive
Region
Asia
Websitecald.org
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Background

The Council was created on October 15, 1993, in a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan.[1] 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. 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 Sin Chung Kai. The third individual member of the CALD was Indonesia's ex-President Abdurrahman Wahid (1940–2009). Aung San Suu Kyi is a honorary member of CALD.

Full members
Country Name Government Political wing
 CambodiaCambodia National Rescue Movementin exileCenter
 IndonesiaIndonesian Democratic Party of Strugglesenior party in government coalitionCenter-left
 IndonesiaNational Awakening Party[2]junior party in government coalitionCenter[3]
 MalaysiaParti Gerakan Rakyat MalaysiaoppositionCenter
 MongoliaCivil Will-Green Partyextraparliamentary oppositionCenter
 PhilippinesLiberal Partyin oppositionCenter to center-left
 SingaporeSingapore Democratic Partyextraparliamentary oppositionCenter to center-left
 TaiwanDemocratic Progressive Partyin governmentCenter-left
 ThailandDemocrat Partyjunior party in government coalitionCenter to center-right

Observer parties
Country Name Government Political wing
 MyanmarNational League for Democracyin governmentBig tent
 JapanConstitutional Democratic Party of Japan[4]in oppositionCenter-left

References
  1. "History : CALD | Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats". cald.org.
  2. "PKB Becomes Full CALD Member : CALD | Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats". cald.org.
  3. "Guide to the 2019 Indonesian elections: A little psephology". Australia-Indonesia Centre. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  4. "List of members". cald.org. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
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