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

Formation	October 15, 1993
Founded at	Taipei, Taiwan
Type	regional organization
Legal status	Active
Region	Asia
Website	cald.org

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
Cambodia	Cambodia National Rescue Movement	in exile	Center
Indonesia	Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle	senior party in government coalition	Center-left
Indonesia	National Awakening Party[2]	junior party in government coalition	Center[3]
Malaysia	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	opposition	Center
Mongolia	Civil Will-Green Party	extraparliamentary opposition	Center
Philippines	Liberal Party	in opposition	Center to center-left
Singapore	Singapore Democratic Party	extraparliamentary opposition	Center to center-left
Taiwan	Democratic Progressive Party	in government	Center-left
Thailand	Democrat Party	junior party in government coalition	Center to center-right

Observer parties

Country	Name	Government	Political wing
Myanmar	National League for Democracy	in government	Big tent
Japan	Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan[4]	in opposition	Center-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.

External links

• Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats official site