Free Republican Party (Egypt)
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The Free Republican Party or Al-Hizb al-Gomhory al-Ahrar is a political party
in Egypt
. The Free Republican Party might be considered as a liberal party.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. The Free Republican Party might be considered as a liberal party.
Platform
- Upholding Islamic Sharia as the main source of legislation.
- Supporting Egypt's right to sovereignty over its territories and national waters and upholds the country's historical right to the leadership of both the Arab and Islamic regions.
- Underlining the need to maintaining Egypt's social fabric and promotes equality between Egyptians.
- Upholding political freedoms and human rights and endorses respect of the Constitution and the rule of the law.
- Advocating multi-partisanship.
- Supporting free education, social solidarity and social justice.
- Supporting state-provided mother, child and youth care.
- Advocating the elimination of economic monopolies.
- Advocating separation of the legislative, judicial and executive authorities.
- Advocating integration with the Arab world and the reviving of Arab nationalism.
See also
- LiberalismLiberalismLiberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
- Contributions to liberal theoryContributions to liberal theoryIndividual contributors to classical liberalism and political liberalism are associated with philosophers of the Enlightenment. Liberalism as a specifically named ideology begins in the late 18th century as a movement towards self-government and away from aristocracy...
- Liberalism worldwideLiberalism worldwideThis article gives information on liberalism in diverse countries around the world. It is an overview of parties that adhere more or less to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world....
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracyLiberal democracyLiberal democracy, also known as constitutional democracy, is a common form of representative democracy. According to the principles of liberal democracy, elections should be free and fair, and the political process should be competitive...
- Liberalism in EgyptLiberalism in EgyptLiberalism in Egypt or Egyptian liberalism is a political ideology that traces its beginnings to the 19th century.-Introduction:Egyptian self-government, education, and the continued plight of Egypt's peasant majority deteriorated most significantly under British occupation. Slowly, an organized...