Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats

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The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) 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. 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 is Indonesia's ex-President Abdurrahman Wahid. Aung San Suu Kyi is honorary member of CALD.

Full members

Country	Name	Government	Notes
Cambodia	Cambodia National Rescue Party	in coalition government
Indonesia	Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle	in government
Malaysia	Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia	junior party in government coalition
Mongolia	Civil Will-Green Party	junior party in government coalition
Philippines	Liberal Party	in government
Singapore	Singapore Democratic Party	in opposition
Sri Lanka	Liberal Party of Sri Lanka	junior party in government coalition
Taiwan	Democratic Progressive Party	in opposition
Thailand	Democrat Party	in opposition

Associate members and observer parties

Country	Name	Government	Notes
Pakistan	Liberal Forum Pakistan	N/A	associate
Burma	National League for Democracy	in opposition	observer

External links

• Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats official site