Justice and Construction Party

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حزب العدالة والبناء
Party for Justice and Construction
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Party leader Mohamed Sowan
founding March 3, 2012
Headquarters Tripoli
Alignment Islamism
conservatism
Colours) blue, gold
Parliament seats 17/80
Number of members 1,400
International connections Muslim Brotherhood
Website [1]

The Justice and Construction Party ( Arabic حزب العدالة والبناء, DMG ḥizb al-ʿadāla wa-l-bināʾ ; French Parti de la justice et de la construction ; PJC), also known as Justice and Development Party, is the political party of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya . It was officially founded on March 3, 2012 in Tripoli .

Mohamed Sowan from Misrata leads the party while Mohamed Gaair is its spokesman.

history

The Libyan branch of the Muslim Brotherhood was not allowed to operate openly until after the Libyan civil war in 2011. A public conference was held in Libya for the first time on November 17, 2011, chaired by Brotherhood leader Suleiman Abdelkader ; and Rashid al-Ghannuschi by the Tunisian Muslim Brotherhood, Ennahda , was present. On December 24, 2011, the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood announced its intention to found a political party to stand in the 2012 Constituent Assembly elections.

The Justice and Construction Party was officially established on March 4, 2012, although there was no party statute. Libyan Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Mohamed Gaair said the founding of the party in Tripoli took place at a gathering with representatives from 18 cities across the country and more than 1,400 members attended a meeting the day before to explain the founding of the party.

In the 2012 election for the Libyan National Congress , the party won 17 of the 200 seats. After Abdessalem al-Mesmari, a critic of Islamism, was shot dead, protests against the party broke out in 2013 and the office was stormed.

The fraternity refused to hand over power to the House of Representatives, which was supposed to replace the constituent assembly. The parallel existence of two "parliaments" went hand in hand with a civil war. Qatar and Turkey supported the coalition in which the Muslim Brotherhood were, while Egypt and the United Arab Emirates supported their opponents. According to the UN's 2015 plan, the House of Representatives, which is often skeptical of the Muslim Brotherhood, should be the only parliament. The Muslim Brotherhood agreed to the plan to be part of the transitional government. Since the plan did not work, it was changed, and the weight of the PJC's allies should decrease. Elections should take place in 2018.

organization

Mohamed Sowan, a former political prisoner from Misrata , was elected the party's first leader.

The party has no official representatives in the interim government of the National Transitional Council . However, the party is considered to be the most organized group in the country.

ideology

The Justice and Construction Party gives priority to security and stability . It works on the basis of Islamic principles. The party welcomed the Transitional Council's announcement that Libya is governed by Islamic law as the source of legislation.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eight candidates in the election of the Libyan head of government. In: news.orf.at. September 6, 2012, accessed October 22, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Martin Gehlen: At the gates of power , Südwest-Presse, June 26, 2012
  3. ↑ Julia Gerlach: Libyen, Stunden Null , Internationale Politik, 3/2012 (May / June), pp. 89–95
  4. ^ Francois Murphy: Muslim Brotherhood goes public with Libya summit. In: Reuters , Benghazi. November 17, 2011, accessed March 8, 2012 .
  5. ^ Muslim Brotherhood to Contest Libyan Elections as Independent Party. In: The Tripoli Post. December 24, 2011, archived from the original on May 5, 2015 ; Retrieved March 8, 2012 .
  6. ↑ afp.com: ZF: Protests after the murder of an activist in Libya. In: welt.de . July 27, 2013, accessed October 7, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Lisa Watabane: Libya's Muslim Brotherhood at the Crossroads in the NZZ from February 27, 2018
  8. ↑ a b Muslim Brotherhood forms party in Libya. In: Al Jazeera . March 4, 2012, Retrieved March 8, 2012 .