Afek Tounes
Afek Tounes | |
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| President | Yassine Brahim |
| Founded | March 28, 2011 |
| Ideology |
Liberal conservatism Liberalism Secularism[1] |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation |
Arab Alliance for Freedom and Democracy, Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (regional partner) |
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afektounes | |
Afek Tounes (Arabic: آفاق تونس, or Tunisian Horizons) is a centre-right[2] political party in Tunisia. Its program is liberal, focusing on secularism and civil liberties. The party mainly appealed to intellectuals and the upper class.
Moncef Marzouki accused the party of having ties to the now banned Constitutional Democratic Rally. The party took offense to his statements and considered his accusation to be "inappropriate" and, according to Al Maghreb, sued him for "deficiency of professional ethics."[1]
Afek Tounes won 4 seats for the constitutive assembly. The party was rattled on 3 November 2011 though by the resignation of several key founding members such as its spokesperson Emna Mnif, its general secretary Mustapha Mezghani, Sami Zaoui, Hela Hababou and another 13 members.
After underperforming in the 2011 Constituent Assembly election, Afek Tounes joined talks with other secularist and liberal parties, especially the Progressive Democratic Party to form a "big party of the centre". The merger was completed on 9 April 2012. The new party is called the Republican Party.[3]
In August 2013, Yassine Brahim and other former party members left the Republican Party to revive Afek Tounes.[4]
Election results
| Election year | # of total votes | % of overall vote | # of seats |
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| Constituent Assembly of Tunisia | |||
| 2011 | 76,488 | 1.9% | 4 / 217 |
| Assembly of the Representatives of the People | |||
| 2014 | 102,916 | 3.0% | 8 / 217 |
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References
- 1 2 Sta Ali, Houssem (7 October 2011), Afek Tounes, Tunisia Live, retrieved 27 October 2011
- ↑ Chrisafis, Angelique (19 October 2011), "Tunisia's political parties" (PDF), The Guardian, retrieved 27 October 2011
- ↑ Benzarti, Hichem (10 April 2012), "Un congrès unificateur des forces démocratiques centristes", La Presse de Tunisie
- ↑ "Afek Tounes revient à la vie politique". Business News. 28 August 2013.
