{{Short description|Former political party in Somaliland}} {{redirect|UCID|the Cape Verdean party|Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union}} {{Infobox political party | name = Justice and Welfare Party | native_name = Ururka Caddaalada iyo Daryeelka | native_name_lang = so | abbreviation = UCID | logo = Astaanta Xisbiga UCID – UCID Party Logo.svg | flag = UCID Party Flag – Calanka Xisbiga UCID.svg | colorcode = {{party color|Justice and Welfare Party}} | leader = Faysal Ali Warabe | foundation = 2001 | dissolution = December 2024 | ideology = {{UBL|class=nowrap | Social democracy<ref name="socdem"/><ref name="Africa Elects">{{cite web |title=Somaliland |url=https://africaelects.com/somaliland/ |website=africaelects.com }}</ref> | Somalilander nationalism<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQgpEAAAQBAJ|title=Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021|publisher=CQ Press|year=2021|isbn=9781544384726|editor-last=Lansford|editor-first=Tom|pages=1521}}</ref> | }} | headquarters = Hargeisa | international = Socialist International (''observer'')<ref name="Simpotsi">{{cite web|title=Member Parties of the Socialist International|url=http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?ArticlePageID=931|publisher=Socialist International|access-date=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Africa Elects" /> | founder = Faysal Ali Warabe | position = Centre-left<ref name="socdem"/><ref name="Africa Elects" /> | state = Somaliland | seats1_title = House of Representatives | seats1 = {{Composition bar|21|82|{{party color|Justice and Welfare Party}}}} | seats2_title = Local councillors | seats2 = {{composition bar|48|220|hex={{party color|Justice and Welfare Party}}}} | website = {{URL|http://www.xisbigaucid.com/}} }}
The '''Justice and Welfare Party''' ({{langx|so|Ururka Caddaalada iyo Daryeelka}}, '''UCID'''; {{langx|ar|حزب العدالة والتنمية}}), sometimes translated as the '''Justice and Welfare Association''', and also known as '''For Justice and Development''', was the oldest political party in Somaliland. The party tended to be supported by people from the Cidagale and Garxajis<ref>{{Cite report|url=http://www.interpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015_08_01_Somalilands_Progress_Towards_Peace.pdf|title=Somaliland's Progress Toward Peace: Mapping the Community Perspective|date=August 2015|publisher=Academy for Peace and Development; Interpeace Regional Office for Eastern and Central Africa|page=19|isbn=978-9966-1665-4-8|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> and some sub-clans of the Isaaq.<ref>Freedom House, ''Freedom in the World 2010 - Somaliland [Somalia]'', 1 June 2010, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4c1a1e9ec.html [accessed 13 August 2020]</ref>
[[File:Faialiwar.jpg|thumb|Faysal Ali Warabe, the founder and Chairman of the For Justice and Development (UCID) political party.]] UCID was founded in 2001 by Somaliland politician Faysal Ali Warabe, with its program being inspired by that of the Finnish Social Democratic Party.<ref name="socdem">{{Cite journal|last=Pirkkalainen|first=Päivi|date=2013|title=Transnational responsibilities and multi-sited strategies: voluntary associations of Somali diaspora in Finland|url=https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/42626|journal=Jyväskylä studies in education, psychology and social research|publisher=University of Jyväskylä|issue=489|page=175|isbn=978-951-39-5532-8|issn=0075-4625|via=JYX Digital Repository}}</ref> Waraabe also served as its Chairman.<ref name="Acfaw">{{cite news|title=Faisal Ali Warabe|url=http://www.africa-confidential.com/whos-who-profile/id/3065/|access-date=2 July 2013|newspaper=Africa Confidential}}</ref> The party had been described as the only one at a national level that adhered to a specific political ideology.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ali|first=Bashir|date=2017-11-06|title=Somaliland election: Will the self-declared state show East Africa how it's done?|url=https://africanarguments.org/2017/11/somaliland-election-will-the-self-declared-state-show-east-africa-how-its-done/|access-date=2021-06-01|website=African Arguments|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Based in Hargeisa, the political party came in third place during the 2003 Somaliland presidential election, receiving 16% of the votes.<ref name="Acfaw"/>
In the parliamentary elections held on 29 September 2005, the party won 26.9% of the vote and 21 out of 82 seats.
In the 2024 Somaliland national political party elections, the party came in 7th place. As a result of this it lost its official status as only 3 political parties are allowed to exist and contest regular elections in Somaliland. It was replaced by the Kaah party.
== Election results ==
=== Presidential elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Election !Party candidate !'''Votes''' !'''%''' !Result |- !2003 | rowspan="4" |Faisal Ali Warabe |77,433 |15.85% |'''Lost''' {{Nay}} |- !2010 |92,459 |17.18% |'''Lost''' {{Nay}} |- !2017 |23,141 |4.17% |'''Lost''' {{Nay}} |- !2024 |4,699 |0.74% |'''Lost''' {{Nay}} |- |}
=== Parliamentary elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !'''Election''' !'''Votes''' !'''%''' !S'''eats''' !+/– !'''Position''' |- !2005 |180,545 |26.93% |{{composition bar|21|82|hex=#355E3B}} |New |{{increase}} 3rd |- !2021 |179,937 |25.85% |{{composition bar|21|82|hex=#355E3B}} |{{steady}} 0 |{{steady}} 3rd |- |}
=== Local elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !'''Election''' !'''Votes''' !'''%''' !S'''eats''' !+/– !'''Position''' |- !2002 |49,444 |11.24% |{{composition bar|43|379|hex=#355E3B}} |{{increase}} 43 |{{increase}} 3rd |- !2012 |105,105 |12.96% |{{composition bar|40|323|hex=#355E3B}} |{{decrease}} 3 |{{steady}} 3rd |- !2021 |159,801 |23.18% |{{composition bar|48|220|hex=#355E3B}} |{{increase}} 8 |{{steady}} 3rd |- |}
==See also== * Somaliland * List of political parties in Somaliland
==References== ;Specific {{reflist|30em}}
;General * {{cite news|title=Faisal Ali Warabe|url=http://www.africa-confidential.com/whos-who-profile/id/3065/|access-date=2 July 2013|newspaper=Africa Confidential}} * {{cite web|title=CURRICULUM VITAE Eng. FAISAL ALI FARAH|url=http://www.farshaxan.com/His_Somaliland/faysal.html|publisher=Farshaxan|access-date=2 July 2013}}
==External links== * {{cite web|title=CURRICULUM VITAE Eng. FAISAL ALI FARAH|url=http://www.farshaxan.com/His_Somaliland/faysal.html|publisher=Farshaxan|access-date=2 July 2013}}
{{Somaliland political parties}}
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