Arab Ba'ath Progressive Party

Arab Ba'ath Progressive Party حزب البعث العربي التقدمي
Leader	Fuad Dabbour
Founded	1993[1]
Headquarters	Amman, Jordan[1]
Ideology	Neo-Ba'athism Assadism
International affiliation	Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)
House of Representatives	0 / 130
House of Senate	0 / 75
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Website
www.abpparty.org
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The Arab Ba'ath Progressive Party (Arabic: حزب البعث العربي التقدمي Hizb Al-Ba'ath Al-'Arabi Al-Taqadumi) is a political party in Jordan. It is the Jordanian regional branch of the Syrian-led Ba'ath Party. It was legally registered for the first time in 1993.^[2] The party is small, and has, according to a WikiLeaks document, "minuscule number of adherents".^[2] Despite it small size, the branch is able through its leader, Fuad Dabbour, able to get a decent footprint in Jordanian media.^[2] Dabbour's fiery statements on foreign policy are frequently quoted by the press.^[2] The party is less known than its pro-Iraqi counterpart, the Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.^[3] It is the party branch of the Syrian-dominated Ba'ath Party in Jordan.^[4] Fuad Dabbour is the branch's Regional Secretary.^[5] It is believed that the party has fewer than 200 members.^[6]

Political platform

The party's stated objectives are:

• The struggle for the supremacy and institutionalization of democracy as well as the rule of law and constitution.^[1]
• The removal of control of the people’s will and achievement of political and economic reform in the interest of the people.^[1]
• Adherence to the monotheistic religions and respect of the national heritage and the Arab nation’s unity.^[1]
• Consolidation of the democratic system and the achievement of Arab economic integration.^[1]

Regional Secretaries

• Mahmood Ma′ayteh
• Fuad Dabbour

See also

• Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

References

1. "Al-Ba'th Progressive Party". Guide to Jordanian Politics Life. n.d. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
2. "Sometimes The Weak Survive - Jordan's New Political Party Map". Cablegate. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
3. Staff writer (2002). Jordan in Transition. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-312-29538-7.
4. http://www.baath-party.org/download/99_low.pdf
5. "Dabour ... Halting normalization with the Zionist enemy is a Pan-Arab necessity". The Ba'ath Message. Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region. 25 April 2010. p. 11. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
6. "Jordan's Political Parties: Islamists, Leftists, Nationalists And Centrists". WikiLeaks. 20 May 2003. Retrieved 10 July 2013.