sentences:  Đính left the army and upon the nominal restoration of civilian rule, won election to the newly created Senate in 1967, as part of the Hoa Sen (Lotus) ticket.He was the Chairman of Senate Defence Committee and served as a senator until the fall of Saigon in 1975, later serving as the leader of the Xã Hội Dân Chủ (Social Democratic) bloc.In February 1968, while serving in the Senate, Đính and fellow senator and former junta colleague Đôn founded a newspaper, "Công Luan", while also serving as head of the Vietnamese Publishers Association.