The Democratic Unionist Party (
Arabic
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: حزب الاتحاد الديمقراطي,
romanized: Hizb al-Itahadi al-democrati) is an Egyptian political party, with a membership of around 215 members. The party presses for achieving unity between
Egypt
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and
Sudan and
separation between church and state.
The party nominated its head, Ibrahim Tork, to run for Egypt's first contested presidential elections.
Platform
The party platform calls for:
* Guaranteeing citizens' basic freedoms and political rights.
* Achieving comprehensive economic development.
* Upgrading public utilities and services.
* Protecting Egypt's status on regional and international arenas.
References
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Political Parties
1990 establishments in Egypt
Liberal parties in Egypt
Political parties established in 1990
Secularism in Egypt
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