Democratic Alliance List
|
Democratic Alliance List
قائمة التحالف الديمقراطي |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Coordinator | Mohammed Hamarsheh |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Ideology |
Palestinian nationalism Secularism Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
The Democratic Alliance List (Arabic: قائمة التحالف الديمقراطي), also referred to as the Democratic Alliance Forces (قوى التحالف الديمقراطي) or just the Democratic Alliance (التحالف الديمقراطي), was launched ahead of the Palestinian local government elections that were initially scheduled for 2016, as a coalition consisting of five left-wing factions: the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), the Palestinian People's Party (PPP), the Palestinian Democratic Union (Fida), and the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), along with several unaffiliated independent candidates. The alliance is led by a Central Committee and an Advisory Board. Mohammed Hamarsheh was named as coordinator of the Democratic Alliance List.
The coalition was presented at a press conference in Ramallah on August 10, 2016, chaired by Dr. Mustafa Barghouti (General Secretary PNI), Qais Abd al-Karim (Deputy General Secretary DFLP), Bassam as-Salhi (General Secretary PPP), Khalida Jarrar (PFLP), and Zahira Kamal (Fida). Jarrar stressed that the alliance would act as a third force, seeking to overcome the Fatah-Hamas dichotomy.
The candidature of the Democratic Alliance List was officially registered with the Central Election Commission on August 16, 2016, the first day of registrations. The coalition was assigned the letter Aleph (أ), the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, as its ballot symbol.
...
Wikipedia