The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) held a three-day 2015 general election review conference in northern Shan State at the end of November to explore their political role over the next five years.
SNLD Plans Five-Year Strategy
Description: NLD’s strategy meeting in Kyaukme (Photo: SNLD)SNLD’s strategy meeting in Kyaukme (Photo: SNLD)
Nearly 200 members attended the political party’s meeting, which was held in Kyaukme Township from 28 to 30 November.
Sai Leik, the party spokesperson said that the duties and responsibilities for winning MPs and unelected candidates were discussed.
He said: “Youth are the power of politics,” and that the party had discussed forming a youth committee during a strategy session. He also said that they would like to partner with civil society organisations, community-based organisations and focus more on the inclusion of women.
Nang Noon, an SNLD candidate from Mong Bain, told SHAN that at the meeting, the party leader, Khun Htun Oo said that to help the party form partnerships with other ethnic groups in Shan State they would in future cooperate with the Shan State Joint Action Committee, the Committee for Shan State Unity, and the United Nationalities Alliance
She said that the strategy meeting led to the formation of a central committee and a parliamentary committee made up of representatives from the Upper House, Lower House and State Parliament.
In Burma’s 8 November general election the SNLD, also known locally as the Tiger Head Party, won three Upper House seats, twelve Lower House seats and 25 out of 160 seats in the State Parliament.
By SIMMA FRANCIS and ZAAI ZAAI LAO MURNG / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN)
Edited in English by Mark Inkey for BNI
