El-Ghad Party

el-Ghad Party
el-Ghad Party; Hizb el-Ghad; حزب الغد
Chairperson	Moussa Moustafa Moussa
Founder	Ayman Nour
Slogan	Hand in Hand, we build tomorrow
Founded	2004
Headquarters	Cairo, Egypt
Newspaper	El-Ghad
Ideology	Secularism, Liberalism, Reformism, Liberal Democracy
Political position	Centrism
Religion	Secular
People's Assembly	0 / 508
Website
	www.elghad.com
	Politics of Egypt; Political parties; Elections

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This article is about the official El-Ghad party led by Moussa Moustafa Moussa. For the El-Ghad party split led by Ayman Nour, see Ghad El-Thawra Party.

The el-Ghad Party (Arabic: حزب الغد‎ Ḥizb el-Ghad, IPA: [ˈħezb elˈɣæd]; "The Tomorrow Party") is an active political party in Egypt that was granted license in October 2004. El-Ghad is a centrist liberal secular political party pressing for widening the scope of political participation and for a peaceful rotation of power. The party is currently represented in the upper house, the Shura Council by Moussa Moustafa Moussa.

The official El-Ghad Party, headed by Moussa Moustafa Moussa, is running the Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011–2012 as an independent list. The split faction Ghad El-Thawra Party, headed by Ayman Nour, is part of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party-led Democratic Alliance for Egypt.^[1]

[edit] Background

Ayman Nour left the New Wafd Party in 2001, and established El-Ghad. The party was legalized in 2004. After facing president Hosni Mubarak in the Egyptian presidential election, 2005, Nour was was sentenced to five years in jail on forgery charges.^[1]

In 2005, just before Nour being sentenced, the El-Ghad party split in two factions. One was headed by Moussa Moustafa Moussa, the other by Nour’s (now former) wife Gamila Ismail.^[1] Legal battle ensued between both factions, both claiming legitimacy and simultaneously using the party name and insignia. The final court ruling in May 2011 was in favor of Moussa.^[2] Ayman Nour hence filed for a new party, Ghad El-Thawra Party or "Revolution's Tomorrow Party", which was approved on 9 October 2011.^[1]

The removal of Nour from the party leadership by Moussa, and the latter's election to the Egyptian Upper House, have been seen as compliances with the Hosni Mubarak regime.^[1]

[edit] Platform

The party platform calls for:

Political and economic reform.
Paying a special care for the handicapped.
Combating drug addiction.
Solving the water crisis.

[edit] Name Confusion

Ayman Nour has been tightly associated with both the El-Ghad name and party, even being accused of internal monopoly by other party members.^[3] Since both Nour and Moussa fractions were using (and still are) the same name and insignia (ex: Ghad El-Thawra website^[4]), it is often difficult to tell them apart. For instance, Liberal International lists El-Ghad, specifying its leader as Ayman Nour, as an observer member.^[5] Many poll and media outlets use the term "El-Ghad" without specifying which party or faction they are referring to,^[6] although they often mean the Ayman Nour Ghad El-Thawra faction.^[7]^[8]