United GCBA

The United GCBA, also known as the Ngawbinwsaing (Burmese for "Five Flowers Alliance"), was a political party in Burma led by U Ba Pe.

History

The party was formed in 1936 as a successor to the People's Party,^[1] and gained its name "Five Flowers Alliance" from the fact that it consisted of five parties; the People's Party, the Free Burma Party led by U Maung Gyi, the Wun Thar Nu GCBA of Ye U Sayadaw, the Boycott GCBA led by U Ba Si and the Upper Burma 21 group;^[2] the party was largely based on factions of the General Council of Burmese Associations (GCBA).^[3] In the general elections later in the year, the party won 46 of the 132 seats, but U Ba Pe was unable to form a government. The party was renamed the Nationalist Party the following year, but disintegrated shortly afterwards due to factional infighting.^[3] One of the party's MPs, U Saw, subsequently founded the Patriot's Party.^[4]

References

^ Robert H Taylor (1987) The State in Burma, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, p185
^ Hans-Bernd Zöllner (2006) "Material on Ba Khaing, Political History of Myanma", Myanmar Literature Project
^ ^a ^b Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p143
^ Fukui, p139

[1] Robert H Taylor (1987) The State in Burma, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, p185

[2] Hans-Bernd Zöllner (2006) "Material on Ba Khaing, Political History of Myanma", Myanmar Literature Project

[PP-3] Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p143

[4] Fukui, p139

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