Party of justice

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حزب العدل
Party of Justice
Justice Party Logo.svg
founding May 5, 2011
Headquarters Garden City , Cairo
Alignment political center
Colours) red, white and black
Parliament seats 2 of 498 in the popular assembly
Website www.eladl.org

The Party of Justice ( Arabic حزب العدل, DMG Ḥizb al-ʿAdl , abbreviation ElAdl ) is a party in Egypt that was established after the 2011 revolution . The founders were a group of revolutionary leaders from various movements including the April 6 Youth Movement , the National Association for Change and the Kifaja .

history

After the 2011 revolution, a group of young people who participated in it announced that they wanted to start their own party. In May 2011, the Justice Party was officially established after collecting 5,000 signatures from across Egypt. Its founding was celebrated with the first party conference held in al-Azhar Park.

The founding committee for the party includes democracy activists like Mostafa el-Naggar , the Egyptian economist Mona el-Baradei , sister of the presidential candidate Mohammed el-Baradei , the Egyptian political scientist Amr el-Shobaky , the television presenter Moez Massoud and Abdelgelil Mostafa , the general coordinator of the Egyptian movement for Change , and the Egyptian poet and activist Abdul Rahman Yusuf , son of the Islamic theologian Yusuf al-Qaradawi .

The posted candidates for more than a third of the Egyptian parliamentary seats during the 2011–2012 general election , which began in November. In 2012 an association was decided with the constitutional party .

ideology

The Justice Party welcomes people from different political ideologies , both right and left, and describes itself as a party of political programs rather than one of a particular political ideology. Its policy focuses on solving the education, health and labor market problems in Egypt and on meeting the demands made during the 2011 revolution.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Political Party Monitor Egypt 2011. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung , November 27, 2011, accessed on May 20, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Herbert Peckmann: Last partial elections in Egypt , Deutsche Welle, January 3, 2012
    Egypt: Arson attack destroys party office , Die Presse, January 2, 2012
    Eight dead in riots in Cairo , Spiegel Online, December 17, 2011
  3. ↑ El Adl Party celebrates its founding after gathering member signatures. Retrieved March 26, 2012 .
  4. ^ El Adly Party founding conference held in Al Azhar Park. Retrieved March 26, 2011 .
  5. ↑ العدل أول حزب وسط يستند إلي قاعدة من شباب الثورة ElAdl Party, the first party to include youth of the revolution. In: al-Ahram. May 6, 2011, accessed May 11, 2011 .