Laotian People's Revolutionary Party

Laotian People's Revolutionary Party
Party leader	Bounnhang curtain
founding	March 3, 1955
Headquarters	Vientiane
Alignment	Communism , Marxism-Leninism
Number of members	191,700
International connections	International meeting of communist and workers' parties

The Laotian People's Revolutionary Party (abbreviation LRVP, French Parti révolutionnaire populaire lao , Laotian : ພັກ ປະ ຊາ ຊົນ ປະ ຕິ ວັດ ລາວ , transcribed: Phak Pasason Pativat Lao ) is a Marxist-Leninist political party in Laos and emerged from the Communist Party of Indochinois ( French Parti ), the communist of Indochinois Ho Chi Minh was founded in 1930.

history

In February 1930, Ho Chi Minh and other communists founded the Indochinese Communist Party . Ho drew young revolutionary intellectuals from the three Indochinese countries under French rule, Cambodia , Laos and Vietnam , into the party, such as Kaysone Phomvihane and Nouhak Phoumsavanh from Laos .

founding

In the 1950s, three regional parties emerged from the Indochinese CP, which continued the cause of the Indochinese CP in their own country. In the DR Vietnam this was the PdW Vietnam , in Laos the Lao People's Party, which was founded on March 22, 1955. It saw itself as a party of the revolution . In March 1951 he dissolved the IKP and created three regional organizations. The Pathet Lao was thus created for Laos , under the leadership of the left-wing Prince Souphanouvong .

On March 22, 1955, Ho had the first congress of what was now known as the "Lao People's Party" held in secret. It was attended by 25 delegates for allegedly 300 members. However, as all information was kept secret by Vietnam, the relevant partner (until 1991 not even the names of the party cadres were officially given), verification is extremely difficult. It is known, however, that cadres of the Lao Issara movement were present in the LVP as well as partisan organizations and left-wing intellectuals who received their training in Hanoi , Moscow and Beijing .

development

In 1956, the LVP founded a legal arm, the Laotian Patriotic Front , whose members participated in various coalition cabinets in Laos under Souvanna Phouma .

Although the party statutes, which were similar to those of the Vietnamese CP , provided for party congresses every five years, the second party congress did not take place until February 1972. The general secretary (party leader), Kaysone Phomvihane , who was probably installed in 1967 , was confirmed. At the Second Party Congress in 1972, the party took on its current name. The party leader became Kaysone Phomvihane. In 1975, thanks to Vietnamese aid, the communist cadres took power, overthrew the old royalist system and established a Marxist-Leninist people 's democracy based on the Soviet model . That year, feudalism in Laos was overthrown. On December 2, 1975, the Laos DPR, a socialist state, was proclaimed. The LRVP became the leading state party. In 1976 a delegation from the LRVP took part in the 7th party congress of the PdA in Albania . At the fourth party congress of the LRVP in 1986, the line of renovation was adopted.

The party became, also officially anchored in the constitution, a decisive instrument of politics. She determined the guidelines, drew up the electoral lists and gave orders to ministries, regional governors and administrators in politics and business.

Role in politics

The leadership role of the party is enshrined in the 1991 constitution. Its highest body is nominally the party congress, which consists of elected representatives of the party members, the number of which for 1991 was given as around 60,000, i.e. about 1% of the country's population. However, the party congress follows the agenda and the guidelines of the Central Committee and the Politburo . The Politburo is elected by the Central Committee, although the length of stay is noticeable. Cadres determined by the party congress move into the Central Committee at the suggestion of the Politburo.

Since 1986, the constitutional convening of the party congress every five years has been observed; the party congresses have so far taken place in March (1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006). The LRVP has so far only half-heartedly followed the theses of glasnost and perestroika propagated in 1986–1991 . One reason for this may also be the rampant nepotism ; relatives of the party leaders were and are involved in decisive party control centers, such as B. Kaysone's son Saisomphong or Souphanouvong's son Khamsai.

organization

The Front lao pour la Construction nationale (FLCN), founded in 1979, is the popular front led by the LRVP.

Party congress

The highest body of the party is the party congress, at which the political line of the party is determined and the central committee is elected.

Since 1986, the constitutional convening of the party congress every five years has been observed.

General Secretaries

from June 1, 1967 (?) until his death: Kaysone Phomvihane

from 1992 to 2006: Khamtai Siphandone

from 2006 to 2016: Choummaly Sayasone

since 2016: Boungnang Vorachith

Central Committee

The central committee of the LRVP consists of 55 people.

Politburo

The current members of the Politburo are Choummaly , Samane Vignakhet (since 1986), Thongsing Thammavong (1991), Boungnang Vorachit (1996), Sisavath Keobounphanh (1986–91, from 1996), Asang Laoly (1966), Bouasone Bouphavanh (2001), Thongloun Sisoulith (2001), Douangchai Phichit (2001), Somsavat Lengsavad (n, previously candidate) and Pany Yathothu (n, only woman).

All members of the Politburo also hold important state functions such as Choummaly as President and Bouasone as Prime Minister.

criticism

In the LPRP the rampant nepotism . Relatives of party leaders hold high offices.

Individual evidence

↑ Laos - The Victory of Pathet Lao, November 1, 1976
↑ Laos. Cambodia. first edition: Du Mont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2007. ISBN 978-3-7701-7642-7 . P. 96

[1] Laos - The Victory of Pathet Lao, November 1, 1976

[2] Laos. Cambodia. first edition: Du Mont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2007. ISBN 978-3-7701-7642-7 . P. 96