Independent Party (Laos)

Independent Party
ພັກເສຣີ
LeaderPhoui Sananikone
FounderPhoui Sananikone
Founded1945
DissolvedJune 1958
Merged intoLao People's Rally
IdeologyAnti-communism[1]
Capitalism[2]
Social progressivism[3]
Pro-western bloc[4][5][6]

The Independent Party (Lao: ພັກເສຣີ, romanized: Phak Seri) was a political party in Laos.

History

The party was established by members of Lao Issara in 1945.[7] Led by Phoui Sananikone, the party was involved in post-war governments, with Phoui appointed Minister of Health, Education and Welfare in 1947, and served as prime minister in 1950 and 1951.[7] The party won ten seats in the 1951 parliamentary elections, but was reduced to seven seats in the 1955 elections.[8]

Prior to the 1958 supplementary elections the party held talks with the National Progressive Party about an electoral pact in order to counter the Lao Patriotic Front. However, the parties failed to agree on a joint list and split their vote, resulting in the Patriotic Front winning the most seats. The two merged later in the year to form the Lao People's Rally.[9]

References

  1. ^ "LAOS: Phoui to the Communists". September 1958.
  2. ^ "The Furtive War by Wilfred G. Burchett".
  3. ^ "Frontier Disputes with North Vietnam. - M. Sananikone granted Emergency Powers. - New Cabinet. - Laos claims Fulfilment of Geneva Agreements. - Pathet Lao Forces surrender to Laotian Army. - Chinese and North Vietnamese Protests" (PDF). Keesing's Record of World Events. May 1959. p. 16839.
  4. ^ "LAOS: Phoui to the Communists".
  5. ^ Simmonds, E. H. S. (1968). "The Evolution of Foreign Policy in Laos since Independence". Modern Asian Studies. 2 (1): 1–30 – via JSTOR.
  6. ^ "At war in the shadow of Vietnam: United States military aid to the royal Lao government 1955-75" (PDF). apps.dtic.mil.
  7. ^ a b Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p688
  8. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p137 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  9. ^ Fukui, p690


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