Patriotic Old Comrades' League
The Patriotic Old Comrades' League (Burmese: မျိုးချစ် ရဲဘော်ဟောင်းများအဖွဲ့; POCL) was a political party in Myanmar.
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History
The POCL was formed by a group of former army members and veteran politicians at the height of the 8888 Uprising,[1][2] and was a sister party of the National League for Democracy.[3] It contested three seats in the 1990 general elections,[1] winning one – Hla Maung in Kya-in-Seikkyi in Karen State.[3]
The party was banned by the military government on 11 March 1992.
References
- Robert H Taylor (2009) The State in Myanmar, NUS Press
- Ye Htut, last of Burma’s ‘30 Comrades’ freedom fighters, dies aged 92 The Independent, 29 November 2013
- 1990 multi-party democracy general elections Democratic Voice of Burma
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