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16-569: Government Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014) Supporters Opponents Family [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Anti-Coup Alliance (also known as the National Alliance Supporting Legitimacy ) is a coalition in Egypt formed to reverse the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi . The coalition is made up of approximately 40 Islamist parties and groups. The coalition has called upon
32-542: Is an Islamist political party in Egypt . The name of the party was changed in approximately December 2012. The main leaders of the group are Mohamed Abu Samra and Kamal Habib . The party is backed by the Egyptian Islamic Jihad group. Most of the founders of the party are former members of the organization. Many members of the party have court rulings that bar them from running for elected office. The party and Egyptian Islamic Jihad withdrew from
48-650: Is in favour of putting the Camp David Accords to a public referendum, expanding Islamic banking , abolishing mixed-sex education in secondary schools, forming a cultural media council to monitor the Egyptian media, respecting private property , progressive taxation , and is in favour of setting a minimum and maximum wage in line with inflation . The secretary general of the party, Mohamed Abu Samra , stated that it would vigorously oppose returning Egyptian Jews of Israeli descent to Egypt in response to
64-623: The Islamic Party have withdrawn from the Anti-Coup Alliance. al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya is considering withdrawing from the alliance. Osama Hafez, the leader of the groups shura council, has called on the organization to withdraw from the alliance. A court verdict that could have banned the alliance was not given on 21 May 2014 because the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters ruled that it lacked jurisdiction. An appeal to dissolve
80-634: The 2013 Egyptian coup d'état , the Freedom and Justice Party announced nine ministers offered their resignations. The cabinet was dissolved on 8 July 2013 with the resignation of Prime Minister Hesham Qandil in protest over the killing of 61 protestors by the military at the Republican Guard headquarters. Islamic Party (Egypt) The Islamic Party (formerly known as the Peace and Development Party or Safety and Development Party )
96-680: The Anti-Coup Alliance in January 2014. One of the reasons for the withdrawal was the rejection by the pro-Morsi coalition of the initiative put forth by the Islamic Party that sought to end the crisis by appointing a presidential council composed of a civilian, an Islamist and a member of the army. The party called for a "negotiated" solution on 8 February 2014. The party rejoined the alliance around March 2014, though there are indications that it has withdrawn again. The party
112-603: The Building and Development Party , the political arm of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya , wanted to meet with Yasser Borhamy , the deputy head of the Salafist Call as well as Emad Abdel Ghaffour , who is the head of the Homeland Party. Borhamy reportedly could not meet with the members, while Ghaffour asked them to stop demonstrations before talks could begin and rebuffed their demands for the reinstatement of Morsi and
128-618: The Homeland Party are not calling for the reinstatement of Morsi, while the Virtue Party , Authenticity Party and the Muslim Brotherhood are still demanding that Morsi be reinstated as president. The group has reached out to what it called "fellow revolutionaries" to cooperate with them against the protest law in Egypt in order to jointly organize protests; Kefaya objected to the call for cooperation. Members of
144-880: The Manfalut railway accident . On 5 January 2013, a cabinet reshuffle took place replacing ten ministers. The number of FJP members in the cabinet increased from five to eight after the reshuffle. On 7 May 2013, another reshuffle took place replacing nine ministers, increasing the number of FJP members to 10 out of a total of 36. On 1 July 2013, five cabinet members resigned together; they were tourism minister Hisham Zazou , communications and IT minister Atef Helmi , legal and parliamentary affairs minister Hatem Bagato, environment minister Khaled Abdel-Aal, and drinking water and sanitation facilities minister Abdel Khalifa . On 2 July 2013, foreign minister Mohamed Kamel Amr , petroleum minister Sherif Hadarra, and sports minister El Amry Farouk resigned. On 4 July 2013, one day after
160-637: The Freedom and Justice Party and the Virtue Party have criticized the Nour Party for its support of the draft constitution. The Islamic Party has not participated in meetings with the group because of what Mohamed Abu Samra (the secretary-general of the party) called the " brotherhood's radical thought". The Salafist Front issued a statement on 30 April 2014 that called on the alliance to temporarily stop its actions in order to avoid more violence;
176-405: The alliance did not suspend its activities in response. Egyptian Prime minister Ibrahim Mahlab issued a decree on 16 October 2014 banning the alliance. Another decree was issued on 30 October 2014 which dissolved the alliance. A court postponed the appeal of the dissolution of the alliance until 13 November 2014. Parties and organizations in the coalition include: The Wasat Party withdrew from
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#1732773097687192-446: The alliance on 28 August 2014. The Homeland Party withdrew from the alliance on 17 September 2014, though the reason for its leaving was to reorganize itself. The Authenticity Party was considering leaving the alliance because it has not achieved its goals. The Salafist Front had withdrawn from the alliance on 30 November 2014. The Independence Party announced on 4 December 2014 that it had withdrawn. The Arab Unification Party and
208-526: The bringing back of the Shura Council that was dissolved. Borhami denied being asked to serve as a mediator, though he stated that he would act as a mediator if there were no preconditions. The alliance has said it will boycott the 2014 constitutional referendum . Various groups and parties within the alliance including al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya , the Building and Development Party, the Islamic Party,
224-561: The coalition was thrown out on 22 September 2014 partly because it did not indicate what parties are part of the alliance and did not indicate the coalitions alleged connections to "terrorist activities". Another verdict in September 2014 banned the alliance. Qandil Cabinet Presidency Government Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014) Supporters Opponents Family [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The cabinet of Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil
240-571: The opposition to break ties with figures they call "corrupt" from the Mubarak regime. Notably, the political wing of the group (the Building and Development Party ) and the Wasat Party did not take part in protests held by pro-Morsi forces during the week of 18 October 2013. The alliance offered a new reconciliation initiative that does not include the reinstatement of Morsi on 26 October 2013; al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya , Egyptian Islamic Jihad and
256-670: Was sworn in on 2 August 2012. Qandil was appointed by President Mohamed Morsi , following the resignation of military-named premier Kamal Ganzouri . The cabinet consists of 36 ministers. The composition of the government is mostly formed by technocrats, with five Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) members and one member each from the Al-Wasat and Renaissance parties. On 12 August 2012, President Mohamed Morsi appointed Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as defense minister and Reda Hafez as military production minister. On 17 November 2012, transport minister Mohammad Rashad Al Matini resigned over
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