CALD NEWS YOU CAN USE Week of 9 – 18 of September 2015

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Roxas Asks Leni Robredo to be his Running Mate

Administration standard-bearer Manuel Roxas II formally asked Camarines Sur Third District Representative Leni Robredo to be his running mate on Friday, September 18, reports said.
The Philippines has been cited for open and transparent budget management by the 2015 Open Budget Survey.

Read more:
http://digitaledition.philstar.com/articles/2015-09-14/news/phl-soars-to-great-heights-in-budget-transparency/120279

National League for Democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will embark on one of the toughest political challenges of her leadership: winning over voters in Rakhine State next month.

Read more:
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/16522-daw-suu-plans-risky-rakhine-trip.html

Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) secretary-general Chee Soon Juan has raised the possibility of his party “working closer together” with the Workers’ Party at the next general election.

Read more:
http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2015-sdp-chief-chee-soon-juan-moots-possibility-of-working-with-wp-at-next-election

LI President, Dr Juli Minoves, has asserted that democracy must be rooted in more than electoral procedures. As the head of a federation of more than 100 political parties world-wide, the LI President identifies the need robust democracies to be built on foundations of a strong civil society and protection basic freedoms.

Read more:
http://www.liberal-international.org/site/LI_
Presidents_statement_on_
Day_of_Democracy.html

Announcements:

On 6-10 November 2015, the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) will be having its Mongolia Conference on Sustainable Development Goals and Executive Committee Meeting with the theme, “Realising the Sustainable Development Goals; Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda – The Role of Liberals”.   A CALD Women’s Caucus Seminar with the theme, “Women Leadership 20 Years After the Beijing Platform of Action”, will also take place.
FNF PHILIPPINES
Anti Corruption Drive Launched in Iloilo
September 9 2015
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/iloilo/local-news/2015/09/07/anti-corruption-drive-launched-iloilo-428920   

 

 

BURMA

Military Responsible for Poverty: Suu Kyi
September 14 2015
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/politics/military-responsible-poverty-suu-kyi

CAMBODIA
Following Arrests, Groups Issue Nine Principles of Internet Freedom
September 17 2015
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/following-arrests-groups-issue-nine-principles-of-internet-freedom/2964547.html

PHILIPPINES
New DILG Chief Vows to be Non-Partisan
September 14 2015
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/09/13/1499201/new-dilg-chief-vows-be-non-partisan

SINGAPORE
SDP’s GE2015 Message: Thank You, Singaporeans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R1BUssRtBc   

 

 

GE2015: ‘Just Keep Going, Don’t Give Up’, Chee Soon Juan’s 13-year-old Daughter tells SDP Chief

http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2015-just-keep-going-dont-give-up-chee-soon-juans-13-year-old-daughter-tells-sdp-chief

SDP Leaders Promise ‘A Society of Change’
September 11 2015
http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/sdp-leaders-promise-a-society-of-change

Chee on His New Approach to Politics
September 9 2015
http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/chee-on-his-new-approach-to-politics

TAIWAN
DPP Produces ‘Souvenir’ Piggy Banks To Meet Demand
September 17 2015
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/09/15/2003627754

THAILAND
Abhisit Says Party is Ready to Make Input on Draft Charter
September 14 2015
http://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/abhisit-says-party-is-ready-to-make-inputs-on-draft-charter/114151/

 

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