Democratic Nasserist Party
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The Democratic Nasserist Party (Arabic: الحزب الناصري الديمقراطي, al-Hizb al-Nasiri al-Dimuqrati) is a political party in Yemen.
History
The party was set up in the 1960s by Egyptian intelligence service to win the support of Shafi'i muslims population that dominated Lower Yemen.[1] It contested the 1993 parliamentary elections, nominating 17 candidates.[2] Despite receiving only 0.2% of the vote, it won a seat in the House of Representatives.[3] For the 1997 elections it put forward 33 candidates,[4] and despite doubling its vote share,[5] it lost parliamentary representation. It received 0.2% of the vote in the 2003 parliamentary elections, remaining seatless.
Ideology
Although a Nasserist party, the party supports Sharia law and sees socialism as being compatible with Islam.[3]
References
- ↑ Philips, Sara (10 November 2008). Yemen's Democracy Experiment in Regional Perspective: Patronage and Pluralized Authoritarianism. Springer. p. 120. ISBN 9780230616486.
- ↑ Yemen: 1993 parliamentary election Archived 2015-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Al-Bab
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frank Tachau (1994) Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa, Greenwood Press, p631
- ↑ Yemen's parliamentary election, 1997 Archived 2015-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Al-Bab
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p304 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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