We Are the People Party

{{for|the American political party established by [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]]|Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign{{!}}We the People Party}} {{Infobox political party | country = Egypt | name = We Are The People Party<ref name=cp>{{Cite news|url=http://thecairopost.com/news/82936/news/former-mps-to-form-new-party|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131223142/http://thecairopost.com/news/82936/news/former-mps-to-form-new-party|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2014|title=Former MPs to form new party|agency=Cairo Post|date=31 January 2014|access-date=6 May 2014}}</ref> | native_name = إحنا الشعب<ref name=amay31jan>{{Cite news|url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/386213|title=نواب من "الوطني المنحل" يشكلون حزب "إحنا الشعب".. ويعلنون "30 يونيو" مرجعيتهم|agency=Al Masry Al Youm|date=31 January 2014|access-date=6 May 2014}}</ref> | logo = | leader = | founder = Mahmoud Nafady<ref name=amay31jan/> | native_name_lang = ar | foundation = | newspaper = | ideology = | national = [[Call of Egypt]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.youm7.com/story/2014/12/23/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3-%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B6-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7/1999858#.VJjaocRCQ|title=السبت..تدشين ائتلاف"نداء مصر"على غرار"نداء تونس"لخوض منافسة النواب |agency=Youm7|date=23 December 2014}}</ref> | website = | seats1_title = [[House of Representatives (Egypt)|House of Representatives]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|568}} }}

The '''We Are the People Party''', also translated as the '''We are Egypt Party''',<ref name=31janmm>{{Cite news|url=http://madamasr.com/content/newly-approved-political-party-formed-purge-egypt-terrorists|title=Newly approved political party formed to 'purge' Egypt of terrorists|agency=Mada Masr|date=31 January 2014|access-date=6 May 2014}}</ref> is a political party that is made up of 270 former members of parliament. The party was formed by the [[Coalition of the People's Representatives]],<ref name=cp/> which is composed of former members of the [[National Democratic Party (Egypt)|National Democratic Party]], which was formerly the ruling party of Egypt.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dailynewsegypt.com/2012/09/18/just-for-you-national-democratic-party-members-re-enter-political-scene/|title=Just for you:National Democratic Party members re-enter political scene|work=Daily News Egypt|date=18 September 2012|access-date=6 May 2014}}</ref> The party was formerly known as the Egyptian Street Party.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Former NDP members to form new party|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/former-ndp-members-form-new-party|agency=Egypt Independent|date=20 February 2013|access-date=6 May 2014}}</ref> The party seeks to obtain a majority of the seats in the [[Egyptian parliamentary election, 2015|2015 parliamentary election]].<ref name=amay31jan/> The party prohibits Islamists and people who were involved in corruption from being involved in the party.<ref name=amay31jan/>

The constitution that was passed in 2012 has a ban on former members of the [[National Democratic Party (Egypt)|NDP]] from taking part in any "political activities"; former members of the NDP are identified as “those who had been on 25 January 2011 members in the general secretariat of the NDP or its policies committee or its political executive office or former members in the parliament (the two chambers) in the two parliamentary seasons prior to the revolution."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Seven instant changes occur in Egypt after constitution's ratification|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/61362/Egypt/Politics-/Seven-instant-changes-occur-in-Egypt-after-constit.aspx|agency=Ahram Online|date=27 December 2012|access-date=6 May 2014}}</ref> The 2013 draft of the constitution, which in final form passed in a referendum,<ref>{{cite web|title=Egypt constitution 'approved by 98.1 percent'|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/01/egypt-constitution-approved-981-percent-201411816326470532.html|publisher=Al Jazeera English|date=18 January 2014|access-date=6 May 2014}}</ref> had the ban on NDP members removed,<ref>{{Cite news|title=22 Key Points in Egypt's New Draft Constitution|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/08/egypt-draft-constitution-guide.html|agency=Al Monitor|date=23 August 2013|access-date=6 May 2014}}</ref> though the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters banned former NDP members from taking part in elections on 6 May 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.madamasr.com/content/court-bans-ndp-leaders-running-elections|title=Court bans NDP leaders from running in elections|agency=Mada Masr|date=6 May 2014|access-date=11 May 2014}}</ref> However, a member of a committee that is revising parliamentary laws (named Mahmoud Fawzy) has stated that the law only bans those who are convicted of [[tax evasion]] and [[political corruption]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/101536.aspx|title=Technical committee recommends radical changes to Egypt's parliamentary elections law|publisher=Ahram Online|date=17 May 2014|access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref> The ruling barring former NDP members from taking part in elections was overturned by the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters on 14 July 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thecairopost.com/news/118479/news/court-overturns-previous-ruling-says-ndp-members-can-run-in-elections|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715021239/http://thecairopost.com/news/118479/news/court-overturns-previous-ruling-says-ndp-members-can-run-in-elections|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=Court overturns previous ruling, says NDP members can run in elections|agency=Cairo Post|date=14 July 2014|access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>

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[[Category:Political parties established in 2014]] [[Category:2014 establishments in Egypt]]