Dawn (Iceland)
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Dawn - The organization of justice, fairness and democracy
Dögun - stjórnmálasamtök um réttlæti, sanngirni og lýðræði |
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| Board of directors | Helga Þórðardóttir Þórður B. Sigurðsson Gísli Tryggvason Þórdís B. Sigurþórsdóttir Sigurður Hr. Sigurðsson Sigrún Ólafsdóttir Longina Losiniecka |
| Founded | 18 March 2012 |
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| Ideology | Populism |
| Colours | Yellow |
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Dawn - The organization of justice, fairness and democracy (Icelandic: Dögun - stjórnmálasamtök um réttlæti, sanngirni og lýðræði) is an Icelandic political organization founded 18 March 2012 to participate in the 2013 parliamentary elections. It was founded as a merger between three political parties: The Movement, Citizens' Movement, and the Liberal Party. Its founders included two current MPs, Margrét Tryggvadóttir and Þór Saari, and two former members of the now defunct Icelandic Constitutional Assembly (Gísli Tryggvason and Lýður Árnason). Lýður Árnason withdrew his membership of the party a year after it was founded.
The movement derives its tradition from the protests during the financial crisis that started in 2008 ("Pots and Pans Revolution").
As of 8 January 2013, the party claimed to have reached 2,275 party members (equal to 1% of the electorate).
The party presented a deadline on 9 February 2013, for its party members to announce availability as potential candidates on the election list. Among those who in advance announced availability is Jón Jósef Bjarnason, a local councillor who had been elected for the The Movement in the city Mosfellsbær. A special committee in the party was to convene and decide the order and listing of names for the party's candidate list.
The political program of the party was published as its general "core strategy" on 18 March 2012. It comprises the following six points:
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