Rally for Culture and Democracy
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President | Mohcine Belabbas |
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Founder | Saïd Sadi |
Founded | 1989 |
Split from | Socialist Forces Front |
Headquarters | Algiers |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre to centre-left[2] |
National affiliation | Forces of the Democratic Alternative |
Colors | Blue |
Council of the Nation | 0 / 144 |
People's National Assembly | 0 / 407 |
People's Provincial Assemblies | 33 / 2,004 |
Municipalities | 37 / 1,540 |
People's Municipal Assemblies | 496 / 24,786 |
Website | |
rcd-algerie | |
The Rally for Culture and Democracy (Berber languages: Agraw i Yidles d Tugdut; Arabic: التجمع من أجل الثقافة والديمقراطية; French: Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie, RCD) is a political party in Algeria. It promotes secularism (laïcité) and has its principal power base in Kabylia, a major Berber-speaking region. Some consider it to take the position of a liberal party for the Berber-speaking population in Algerian politics.
History and profile
[edit]The Rally for Culture and Democracy was founded by Saïd Sadi in 1989.[3][4] He was a presidential candidate in 1995, winning 9.3 percent of the popular vote.
In 1997, the party won 19 of 390 seats. The RCD boycotted the 2002 elections. Saïd Sadi was a candidate again in the 2004 presidential election and won 1.9 percent of the vote. The party participated in the 2007 legislative elections, winning 3.36% of the vote and 19 seats.
Regional strength
[edit]In the 2007 legislative election, support for the RCD was higher than its national average (3.36%) in the following provinces:
Province | Percentage |
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Tizi Ouzou Province | 34.28% |
Béjaïa Province | 17.51% |
Bouïra Province | 9.09% |
Algiers Province | 8.58% |
Illizi Province | 7.31% |
Tipaza Province | 6.89% |
Guelma Province | 4.83% |
Boumerdès Province | 4.55% |
Saïda Province | 4.30% |
Sétif Province | 4.25% |
Aïn Defla Province | 3.43% |
See also
[edit]- Politics of Algeria
- Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie (MAK), a Kabyle pro-autonomy movement
- Socialist Forces Front (FFS), the main socialist Berber party
- Arouch Movement, a Berber political organisation modelled on traditional village councils
- List of liberal parties
References
[edit]- ^ "3 Algerian parties call for election boycott". Associated Press. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Zartman, Jonathan K., ed. (19 March 2020). Conflict in the Modern Middle East: An Encyclopedia of Civil War, Revolutions, and Regime Change. ABC-CLIO. p. 254. ISBN 9781440865039. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Augustus Richard Norton (2001). Civil society in the Middle East. 2 (2001). BRILL. p. 83. ISBN 90-04-10469-0. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Leftist Parties of Algeria". Broad Left. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Berber, French, and Arabic)
- 1989 establishments in Algeria
- Algerian democracy movements
- Algerian nationalism
- Berberism in Algeria
- Berberist political parties
- Liberal parties in Algeria
- Nationalist parties in Algeria
- Political parties established in 1989
- Political parties in Algeria
- Secularism in Algeria
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