Justice Party (Egypt)
| ElAdl Party (Justice Party) حزب العدل | |
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| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Garden City, Cairo |
| Ideology | Big tent[1] |
| Political position | Centre[1] |
| Colours | Red, White and Black |
| Website | |
| www.eladl.org | |
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Politics of Egypt Political parties Elections | |
Hizb ElAdl (Arabic: حزب العدل), translated in English as the Justice Party is a political party in Egypt. It was founded after the 2011 Egyptian revolution by a group of people from different movements that lead to the revolution including the April 6 Movement, the National Association for Change and Kefaya.[2]
History
After the 2011 Egyptian revolution, a group of youth taking part in the revolution announced they would be founding their own party. In May 2011, the party was officially founded after gathering 5,000 signatures from all across Egypt. Its foundation was celebrated with the first party conference being held in Al-Azhar Park.[3]
The founding committee for the party includes democracy activists such as Mostafa el-Naggar, Egyptian economist Mona ElBaradei, sister of presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian political scientist Amr el-Shobaky, television host Moez Massoud, as well as Abdelgelil Mostafa, the general coordinator of Egyptian Movement for Change, also known as Kefaya and Egyptian poet and activist Abdul Rahman Yusuf, son of Islamic theologian Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
The party fielded candidates for about a third of Egyptian parliamentary seats during the 2011-2012 parliamentary elections that started in November of 2011.[4]
Political ideology
The Justice Party welcomes people from different political ideologies on the political right and left, and described itself as a party of political programs rather than a certain political ideology.[4] Its policies focus on solving education, health and employment issues in Egypt as well as achieving the demands called for by the Egyptian revolution.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Al-Adl, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, retrieved 16 December 2013
- ↑ "El Adl Party celebrates its founding after gathering member signatures".
- ↑ "El Adly Party founding conference held in Al Azhar Park".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "العدل أول حزب وسط يستند إلي قاعدة من شباب الثورة ElAdl Party, the first party to include youth of the revolution". Al-Ahram. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
