Civil Democratic Current

This article is about the alliance formed in 2014. For the movement formed in 2017, see Civil Democratic Movement (2017).
Civil Democratic Current
Founded2014
IdeologySecularism
Political positionCentre-left
House of Representatives
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The Civil Democratic Current (also called the Democratic Alliance for Civil Forces[1] and the Democratic Civilian Alliance[2]) is an alliance of political parties that would have run for the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election, but it withdrew.[3] The alliance is working with other parties, including the New Wafd Party, to attempt to amend the current parliamentary election law, which limits the number of party list seats to 120 of 567 total seats.[4]

The alliance intends to form a "united national front" with more parties in preparation for the 2018 presidential election.[5]

The alliance seems to be replaced by the similarly named Civil Democratic Movement (2017). The active alliance includes various parties that were also involved in this alliance; namely, the Constitution Party, the Dignity Party, Socialist Popular Alliance Party,[1] Egyptian Social Democratic Party[6] and the Bread and Freedom Party.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b "7 Egyptian parties join the Democratic Alliance for Civil Forces: Sabbahi". Cairo Post. 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Moussa rejects NDP members from parliamentary alliance". Ahram Online. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Next parliament will be worst in Egypt's history: ESDP Secretary General". Daily News Egypt. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Al-Dostour Party hopes to amend Parliamentary Elections Law". Daily News Egypt. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Can a consensus candidate be found to challenge Egypt's Sisi?". Al-Monitor. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Parties agree not to contest election laws". Al-Ahram Weekly. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  7. ^ "رسميًا..حزب العيش والحرية يتقدم بطلب للانضمام لتحالفالتيار الديمقراطى". Youm7. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Eight liberal and leftist Egyptian parties to boycott 2018 presidential elections". Ahram Online. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.