CALD & FNF |
CALD 20th Anniversary Uploads
Photos and Videos CALD Executive Committee Meeting Toward New Horizons: CALD 20th Anniversary Video Anniversary Dinner Recap Video El Gamma Penumbra – Choose Philippines Conference Articles CALD Youth tackles Party Reform and Renewal Asian and European Liberals Converge in Manila CALD Execom Passes Resolution on Thailand “It was CALD’s Tour de Force – Acosta CALD Calls for Political Party Reform and Renewal Speeches Welcome Speech by Graham Watson, on the occasion of the ALDE-CALD Partnership Dinner Opening Speech by Graham Watson, on the occasion of the 6th CALD-ALDE Meeting Keynote Address by Florencio “Butch” Abad, on the occasion of the CALD 20th Anniversary Parallel Session Speech: From BRICS to TIP: Implications for Trade and Investment Policies Parallel Session Presentation: ASEAN Community by 2015: Impact on Asia-Europe Relations Keynote Address by Su Tseng-chang, on the occasion of the 6th CALD-ALDE Meeting |
BURMA |
Suu Kyi urges ‘freedom from fear’ on World AIDS Day
1 December 2013 Myanmar Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi urged greater openness and compassion in the global struggle against AIDS Sunday, December 1, as experts warned against complacency despite falling infection rates. Suu Kyi, the UNAIDS global advocate for HIV/AIDS victims, drew parallels between the plight of sufferers and her own struggle for democracy at the launch on World AIDS Day of a new “zero discrimination” campaign and a conference to be held in Australia in July. “The fight against discrimination is an extension of our fight for freedom from fear,” said the Myanmar opposition leader and democracy icon, using the title of a famous essay she wrote. http://www.rappler.com/world/specials/44992-suu-kyi-world-aids-day Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi meets Australian PM 28 November 2013 Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday as she travels the country seeking backing for changes to Burma’s constitution, which currently prevents her from becoming president. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate met with Abbott and later spoke to journalists about her fight for fair elections. http://asiancorrespondent.com/116507/burmas-aung-san-suu-kyi-meets-australian-pm/ Aung San Suu Kyi Arrives in Australia; To Push for Promoting Democratic Reform in Myanmar 27 November 2013 Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived in Australia. This is her maiden visit to the country. During her visit which will conclude on Dec 2, she will push to encourage global interest in furthering the democratic reform process currently underway in Myanmar. Ms Suu Kyi is scheduled to attend a host of public events in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne, and also hold meetings with the Burmese community in Australia. VIDEO: Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi speaks of struggle for democracy at Sydney Opera House 27 November 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Hrr79diHyFc |
INDONESIA |
PDI-P Maintains Opposition to Chief Justice’s Ruling on Voting by Proxy
30 November 2013 The Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle has maintained its opposition to Constitutional Court Chief Justice Hamdan Zoelva’s decision that it is legal for an individual to be represented by another person in casting his or her vote in general elections. “The democratic process will suffer if that ever happens,” E.S.R. Kurniawan, a politician with the opposition party known as the PDI-P, said on Friday.
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SINGAPORE |
Singapore’s turn is coming
29 November 2013 CALD, of which the SDP is a member, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in Manila, Philippines. It is the mutual support extended to each other that has given liberals and democrats in the region encouragement to soldier on and win democracy for their peoples. As SDP looks on at the achievements of our counterparts in CALD, we take heart that one day in the near future, we will also be successful in our endeavour to bring democracy to Singapore. Our turn is coming. http://yoursdp.org/news/singapore_s_turn_is_coming/2013-11-29-5744 |
TAIWAN |
DPP camp held for Chinese students to boost understanding
02 December 2013 The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has taken a first step toward closer engagement with Chinese students in Taiwan with a two-day student camp, hoping the activity will foster better understanding between the two sides. In the camp, held on Saturday and yesterday by the party’s think tank, 34 students focused on democracy and human rights as well as Taiwan’s history and its struggle for human rights. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/12/02/2003578135 |
THAILAND |
Thai protest leader urges prime minister to resign
2 December 2013 The leader of anti-government demonstrations in Thailand on Sunday urged Yingluck Shinawatra to resign, the latest move in a relentless campaign to oust the prime minister. Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, a former deputy prime minister under the previous Democrat-led government, gave Yingluck two days to “return power to the people unconditionally,” Suthep’s group said. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/01/world/asia/thailand-protests/ |
INTERNATIONAL |
Watson: Fast or slow EU integration is the liberal’s main dividing line
29 November 2013 European liberals will choose their candidate for the European Commission presidency depending on how fast they want to build Europe, said Graham Watson, president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in an interview with EurActiv ahead of the party’s congress, which opens in London today (29 November). “In the past the dividing line within the liberal family has tended to be whether you were an economic liberal or social liberal. That is no longer the major dividing line,” said Watson. “The major dividing line today is over how fast you want to build Europe.” http://www.euractiv.com/eu-elections-2014/watson-liberals-dividing-line-st-news-532034 |
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