The el-Ghad Party ( ', ; "The Tomorrow Party") is a

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that was granted license in October 2004. El-Ghad is a

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political party pressing for widening the scope of political participation and for a peaceful rotation of power. The official El-Ghad Party, headed by Moussa Moustafa Moussa, was running the

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as an independent list. The split faction

Ghad El-Thawra Party Ghad El-Thawra Party ( '; "Revolution's Tomorrow Party"), is an Egyptian political party that was approved on 9 October 2011. Headed by Ayman Nour, it was a split of the El-Ghad Party. Nevertheless, the "Revolution's Tomorrow Party" still uses t ...

, headed by

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, was part of the Muslim Brotherhood's

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-led

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Background

left the

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in 2001. He was named the first secretary of the party in October that year. The party was legalized in 2004. After facing president

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in the

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, Nour was sentenced to five years in jail on forgery charges. In 2005, just before Nour being sentenced, the El-Ghad party split in two factions. One was headed by Moussa Moustafa Moussa, the other by Nour's (now former) wife

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. Legal battle ensued between both factions, both claiming legitimacy and simultaneously using the party name and insignia. The final court ruling in May 2011 was in favor of Moussa.

hence filed for a new party,

or "Revolution's Tomorrow Party", which was approved on 9 October 2011. The removal of Nour from the party leadership by Moussa, and the latter's election to the Egyptian Upper House, have been seen as compliances with the

regime.

Platform

The party platform calls for: * Political and economic reform. * Paying a special care for the

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. * Combating

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. * Solving the

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Name confusion

Ayman Nour has been tightly associated with both the El-Ghad name and party, even being accused of internal monopoly by other party members. Since both Nour and Moussa factions were using (and still are) the same name and insignia (ex: Ghad El-Thawra website), it was often difficult to tell them apart. For instance,

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listed El-Ghad, specifying its leader as Ayman Nour, as an observer member. Many poll and media outlets used the term "El-Ghad" without specifying which party or faction they are referring to, although they often meant the Ayman Nour Ghad El-Thawra faction.

References

External links

El-Ghad newspaper

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