National Party (Syria)
| National Party Arabic: حزب الوطني French: Parti National | |
|---|---|
| Historical leader | Shukri al-Quwatli |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Dissolved | 1963 |
| Split from | National Bloc |
| Headquarters | Aleppo |
| Ideology |
Syrian nationalism Civic nationalism Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | None |
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Politics of Syria Political parties Elections | |
The National Party (Arabic: حزب الوطني Ḥizb Al-Waṭanī) was a Syrian political party founded in 1947 and dissolved 17 years later in 1963. It grew out of the National Bloc, which opposed the Ottomans in Syria and later demanded independence from the French mandate.
A new political movement with the same name but no direct connection to the historical National Party was established in 2005 in support of the Bashar Al-Assad regime.The party grew in popularity because of increased use of internet communication.
Establishment
In 1936, leaders of the National Bloc (Hashem Al-Atassi, Saadallah al-Jabiri, Lotfi Al Haffar, Jamil Mardam Baik, Shukri al-Quwatli, Nasib al-Bakri, Ibrahim Hananu, Sultan Basha Al-Atrash, Faris Al-Khoury, Saleh Ali, Faisal Najib, Honorary Sami Al Baroudi, Mohamed Alomar) sent a delegation to France to demand independence. The delegation was headed by Hashim Atassi and included Saadallah al-Jabiri, Faris Al-Khouri, Jamil Mardam Bey, Ministers Odmon Humusi and Amir Naim Mustafa al-Shihabi with Antioch as General Secretary.
Two major factions emerged from the National Bloc:
- The People's Party led by Rushdie Kikhia and Nazim al-Qudsi
- The National Democratic Party led by Shukri al-Quwatli.
The current National Party was founded on 30th December 2005, as a result of online communication amongst Syrian Youth. Chat rooms were a key part of this process. The new National Party's ethos is based on that of its original founder Shukri al-Quwatli.
Goals
Freedom
The National Party believes that the first and most important objective for the Syrian people is to achieve freedom. In many parts of Syria human rights have suffered as a result of dictatorial regimes. The lowest classes were particularly hurt by policies of deception, ignorance, and intellectual oppression. The belief of the party is that freedom should be sacred and non-conditional; even if that freedom conflicts with the party in its provisions, the party should still work to preserve and strengthen it, because freedom is considered at the basis of all creativity.
Justice
The second objective of the party is to enforce justice in order to make Syrian citizens feel safer. The goal is to create a positive state of civil peace and friendship between people, in which every citizen feels that their dignity and their rights are protected.
Equality
The party wishes to achieve equality between all ethnic groups, religions, and social classes of the Syrian people. It hopes to bring an end to the heinous acts of the community Calcrqat, as well as fraud and bribery, in order to create a healthy society keeping pace with the scientific progress of other nations.
Principles
The party has five basic principles
- The first principle - National citizen home
- The second principle - Syrian distinguished personal
- The third principle - What is not is a Syrian Ghraib
- The fourth principle - Syria seeks to serve Syrians and prosperity regardless of their political or intellectual opinions
- The fifth principle - The Syrians are free to exercise their wishes and aspirations with the requirement that they do not result in any damage to any other Syrian
Practice
The National Party and the President Shukri al-Quwatli's most important role is shaping Syria and building an independent state with its own economy and military. But the series initiated with support from the countries surrounding Syria linked to external forces, arguing that the national trend of seeking to marginalize the People's Party calls for unity with the Hashemites, the policy differences Overthrows Vlabt role in the destabilization of the World Stability in Syria
Downfall
Because of the emergence of of Palestine as a central conflict between the major powers (United Kingdom, France, Soviet Union and the United States) and the rise of Gamal Abdel Nasser, a strong hand of nationalists and after Al-Quwatli acquiesced to their demands and gave up the power to Abdel-Nasser, the feeling in the start of the Syrians during the few years extension, persecution and the emergence of the role of security services. During the separation, the nationalist Baathists assumed senior positions in the army Vatahawwa democratic system in response to the process of separation and began to crack down on the national to the full track faded when Hafez al-Assad to amend the constitution and make the Ba'ath Party, the party leader.
Whilst the People's Party was friendly to the interests of Hashemite Jordan and Iraq, the National Party was not. Both parties were major players in Syrian politics until the 1963 Syrian coup d'état which brought the Ba'ath Party to power and drove most political parties underground.
