National Front for Justice

{{short description|Political party in the Comoros}} {{Infobox political party | colorcode = Green | ideology = [[Islamism]]<br>[[Islamic democracy]] | religion = [[Islam]] | country = Comoros }}{{Politics of Comoros}}

The '''National Front for Justice''' ({{langx|fr|Front National pour la Justice}}, FNJ) is an [[Islamism|Islamic]] political party in the [[Comoros]].<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4764689.stm Q&A: Comoros elections] BBC News, 12 May 2006</ref>

==History== The FNJ was established by [[Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi]],<ref>Tom Lansford (2015) ''Political Handbook of the World 2015'', CQ Press</ref> after he returned home from studying abroad.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4986508.stm Profile: The 'Ayatollah' of Comoros] BBC News, 16 May 2006</ref> It was one of the few opposition parties to run in the [[1996 Comorian parliamentary election|1996 parliamentary elections]], winning three of the 43 seats in the [[Assembly of the Union of the Comoros|Assembly of the Union]], with Sambi included amongst its MPs.

The party joined the government following the [[1999 Comorian coup d'état|1999 coup]], but left in October 2001 after the government approved the removal of the word "Islamic" from the country's official name in the new constitution being drawn up.

In 2006 Sambi contested the [[2006 Comorian presidential election|presidential elections]] as an independent, winning with 58% of the vote.

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[[Category:Political parties in the Comoros]]