People's Party of Myanmar Farmers and Workers

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People's Party of Myanmar Farmers and Workers
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ တောင်သူလယ်သမား အလုပ်သမား ပြည်သူ့ပါတီ
AbbreviationPPMFW
Chairman U Aung Myo Khine
Founded9 December 2014 (2014-12-09)
Headquarters Pathein, Ayeyarwady Region
Ideology Agrarianism [1]
ColoursYellow, red, and green
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The People's Party of Myanmar Farmers and Workers (PPMFW) is a registered political party in Myanmar (Burma). [1] [2]

The party seeks to represent farmers and workers in Myanmar, and their main goals include compensating those who have lost land to the government, providing new equipment and technical upgrades to farmers, and redistributing corporate and government owned land to "those [farmers] who are actually working on the land." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Myanmar elections: The voice of the farmers
  2. "Parties | People's Party of Myanmar Farmers and Workers". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.