List of political parties in Yemen
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Yemen
is a one party dominant state in which the General People's Congress (GPC) holds power. Opposition parties are allowed and elections are regularly held
, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
. In the September 2006 elections for local and governorate councils, the GPC garnered 315 seats in the governorates (74 percent of the popular vote) and 5,078 local council seats (74 percent of the popular vote). In the September 2006 presidential election, the JMP backed opposition candidate Faisal bin Shamlan, whose success in garnering 22 percent of the popular vote was viewed at the time as a first step in challenging the political stronghold of President Salih and the GPC. However, disputes between the GPC and the JMP in 2007 over election law amendments, coupled with the JMP’s opposition to President Salih’s proposed democratic reform measures, have halted initial attempts to forge a dialogue between the two parties.
Yemen
The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....
is a one party dominant state in which the General People's Congress (GPC) holds power. Opposition parties are allowed and elections are regularly held
Elections in Yemen
Yemen elects on national level a head of state and a legislature. The president is elected for a seven year term by the people. The Assembly of Representatives of Yemen has 301 members, elected for a six year term in single-seat constituencies.Yemen is usually considered a dominant-party state...
, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Legal status
Yemen's Political Parties Law mandates that political parties be viable national organizations comprising at least 75 founders and 2,500 members and not restrict membership to a particular region. The government provides financial support to political parties, including a stipend for newspaper publication.Elections 2003–2006
The GPC captured 238 of 301 seats in parliament in the 2003 electionsYemeni parliamentary election, 2003
Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April, 2003. Originally scheduled for 2001, they were won by President Ali Abdullah Saleh's General People's Congress, who took 58% of the vote...
. In the September 2006 elections for local and governorate councils, the GPC garnered 315 seats in the governorates (74 percent of the popular vote) and 5,078 local council seats (74 percent of the popular vote). In the September 2006 presidential election, the JMP backed opposition candidate Faisal bin Shamlan, whose success in garnering 22 percent of the popular vote was viewed at the time as a first step in challenging the political stronghold of President Salih and the GPC. However, disputes between the GPC and the JMP in 2007 over election law amendments, coupled with the JMP’s opposition to President Salih’s proposed democratic reform measures, have halted initial attempts to forge a dialogue between the two parties.
List of parties
- General People's Congress (al-Mu'tammar al-Sha'bi al-'Am)
- Yemeni Congregation for Reform, commonly known as Islah (al-Tajmu al-Yamani li al-Islah)
- Yemeni Socialist PartyYemeni Socialist PartyThe Yemeni Socialist Party is a political party in Yemen.It was the ruling party in South Yemen, the only Marxist Arab state, before unification in 1990...
(Hizb al-Ishtirakiya al-Yamaniya) - Nasserite Unionist People's OrganisationNasserite Unionist People's OrganisationThe Nasserite Unionist People's Organisation is a Nasserist political party in Yemen.The party was founded in Taiz in 25 December 1965.The party was legalized in 1989....
(al-Tantheem al-Wahdawi al-Sha'bi al-Nasseri) - Arab Socialist Rebirth PartyArab Socialist Rebirth Party (Yemen)The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Yemen Region is the Yemeni regional organization of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party .Ba'athism in Yemen originates back to the 1950s. The party worked underground until 1990...
(Hizb al Baath al'Arabi al Ishtiraki) - Hizb ut-TahrirHizb ut-TahrirHizb ut-Tahrir is an international Sunni. pan-Islamic political organisation but keeps it open for all including shias,some of its beliefs are against sunni school of thought, whose goal is for all Muslim countries to unify as an Islamic state or caliphate ruled by Islamic law and with a caliph...
List of coalitions
- The National Council for the Forces of the Peaceful Revolution was declared on 17 August 2011, amidst the 2011 Yemeni uprising2011 Yemeni uprisingThe 2011 Yemen Uprising followed the initial stages of the Tunisian Revolution and occurred simultaneously with the Egyptian Revolution and other mass protests in the Middle East in early 2011. In its early phase, protests in Yemen were initially against unemployment, economic conditions and...
, to unite the opposition groups, parties, coalitions, and youth protesters. Among the 143 representatives elected to sit on it are leaders from Al-IslahAl-IslahThe Yemeni Congregation for Reform, frequently called Islah or Al-Islah, , is the main opposition party in Yemen. At the last legislative elections, 27 April 2003, the party won 22.6 % of the popular vote and 46 out of 301 seats.-Foundation:...
, the South Yemen Movement, the Alliance of Yemeni TribesAlliance of Yemeni TribesThe Alliance of Yemeni Tribes, sometimes referred to as the Yemeni Tribes' Alliance, is an alliance of tribes in Yemen opposed to the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. It was formed on 30 July 2011 amidst the civil uprising in Yemen to defend anti-government protesters...
, and the defected First Armoured Division.- The Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) was formed in 2005 by five opposition parties to effect political and economic reform. It includes the northern-based, tribal, and Islamist-oriented Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah) and the secular Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP), which represents the remnants of the former South Yemeni leadership. According to Al Jazeera English, it was formed in 2002 and includes Islah, Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP), Hizb Al-Haq (a semi-religious party), the Unionist party, and the Popular Forces Union party. The spokesperson as of 23 March 2011 is Muhammad Qahtan, who replaced Mohammed Al-Sabri.
- The Common Forum includes the five biggest opposition groups in Yemen, including Reform, Socialist, Nasserist, Popular Force and al-Haq. (Likely just another name for the JMP.)
External links
- Who's who in Yemen's opposition?, Al Jazeera English, 28 February 2011
- Yemen protests lack grassroots base, Jeb Boone (managing editor of the Yemen Times), OpEdNews.com, 30 January 2011
- Yemeni youth movements consolidate, Nadia Al-Sakkaf, Yemen TimesYemen TimesThe Yemen Times is unified Yemen's first and most widely-read independent English-language newspaper. The paper is published twice-weekly and has its own printing press, advertising associates and news service....
, 14 March 2011 - Fear of the future in Yemen, Jacqueline Head, Al Jazeera English, 23 March 2011