The Democratic Party for a New Society ( my, လူ့ဘောင်သစ်ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ပါတီ;

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DPNS) is a registered

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Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

(Burma), founded in 1988 by Moe Thee Zun, the then

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of the All Burma Students League (ABSL). The party campaigns independently from other parties and is unaffiliated with the more influential

National League for Democracy The National League for Democracy ( my, အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်, ; Abbreviation, abbr. NLD; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a liberal democratic political party in Myanm ...

(NLD), despite sharing similar goals.

History

The Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS) was founded on 14 October 1988 by students and youth, in response to the military junta government's suppression of the

8888 Uprising The 8888 Uprising ( my, ၈၈၈၈ အရေးအခင်း), also known as the People Power UprisingYawnghwe (1995), pp. 170 and the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide protests, marches, and riots in Burma (present-day Myanmar) th ...

and pro-democracy movements in Myanmar. Its original organisation, the All Burma Students League (ABSL) was banned from participating in political reforms during the aftermath of the 8888 Uprising. After the military junta refused to recognise the results of the 1990 general election, the DPNS was declared illegal, and 1,500 of its members were arrested, with other pro-democracy movements and parties meeting a similar fate. At the time of its founding, the DPNS was the second largest party, after the

(NLD), and attracted many young students, both from high schools and universities, many of whom were members of the ABSL. Initially, the DPNS was used as the legal political wing of the All Burma Students' Union (ABSU), and worked with the

(NLD) and other

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parties, but has since unaffiliated themselves with the NLD and registered as its own independent party.

Objectives

The party's proclaimed objectives are as follows: * To achieve democracy * To protect human rights * To attain peace * To establish a

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* To create a sustainable developed society

References

External links

Official website of the DPNS (English)

Official website of the DPNS (Burmese)

DPNS Facebook page
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