Rally for Culture and Democracy

Rally for Culture and Democracy French: Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie Arabic: التجمع من أجل الثقافة والديمقراطية Amazigh: Agraw i Yedles d Tugdut
Leader	Saïd Sadi
Founded	1989
Headquarters	Algiers, Algiers Province, Algeria
Ideology	Liberalism, Social liberalism, Berberism, Algerianism, Laïcité Secularism
Political position	Centrism
International affiliation	Liberal International
People's National Assembly	19 / 389
Website
http://www.rcd-algerie.net/

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The Rally for Culture and Democracy (Amazigh: 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.

Party flag

The party leader is Saïd Sadi, who 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 elections, winning 3.36% of the vote and 19 seats.

Regional strength

In the 2007 legislative election, support for the RCD was higher than its national average (3.36%) in the following provinces:

• 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

• Berber people
• 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 organization modelled on traditional village councils.
• List of liberal parties

External links

• Official website (French)