People's Will Party
 | This article has multiple issues.Please helpimprove itor discuss these issues on thetalk page.(Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
|
People's Will Party حزب الإرادة الشعبية | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Damascus,Syria |
| Newspaper | Kassioun |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| National affiliation | Popular Front for Change and Liberation |
| People's Council | 0 / 250
|
| Website | |
| kassioun.org | |
ThePeople's Will Party(Arabic:حزب الإرادة الشعبية,romanized:Ḥizb al-ʾIrāda aš-Šaʿbiyya) is a political party inSyria.
History[edit]
In 2000, shortly after the convention of the 9th Congress of theSyrian Communist Party,80% of the membership of Damascus organization of the party were expelled.[citation needed]As this illegitimate procedure was widened to cover more party organizations all over Syria, the affected comrades and party organizations formed the National Committee for the Unity of the Syrian Communists, which re-published the Qassioun newspaper. The new party is not affiliated with theNational Progressive Front,which brought together the rulingBa'ath Partyand other legal parties.
In 2012, the communist group formed an officially registered party known as the People's Will Party that convened its 10th Periodical, 1st after registration, Congress in June 2013. The party ran independent candidates in the parliamentary elections in2003and2007but failed to win any seats. Nonetheless, in the parliamentary elections of 2012, thePopular Front for Change and Liberation,a coalition formed by the PWP, took 5 seats. The Party joined the demonstrations at the start of the 2011 Syrian Crisis, and a number of its activists inDamascus,HomsandDeir ez-Zorwere killed by the governmental police and other services, while others were detained or arrested in other Syrian governorates. As the Syrian popular movement turnedarmed and violent,the PWP continued with its humanitarian aid and mediation efforts in some conflict zones. The PWP seeks a comprehensive, radical and democratic change of the regime as a whole, not only the removal of the president. Economically, the party supports a reversal of liberalization reforms that started in 2005 and laid the foundation for the social and political unrest in Syria. It supports the creation of a strong national economy.
Dr.Kadri Jamil,one of PWP Council Secretaries, was a member of the committee that drafted amendments to theConstitution of Syriain response to the2011 Syrian protests.The amendments were approved in theSyrian constitutional referendumin 2012 and allowedmultiparty electionsin Syria.
Leadership[edit]
In organization, the People's Will Party followsdemocratic centralism.Nonetheless, it has no assignment for a secretary-general; instead, the collective leadership of the members of the Central Council that are elected in the General Conference rules the party. The Central Council elects its members of the SyrianPresidiumand members of the Secretariat to undertake daily tasks.[1]
Parliamentary elections[edit]
| People's Council of Syria | |||||
| Election | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 / 250
|
 1
| |||
| 2016 | 0 / 250
|
 1
| |||
| 2020 | 0 / 250
|
| |||
References[edit]
- ^kassioun."About PWP - حزب الإرادة الشعبية".www.kassioun.org.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-06-30.Retrieved2016-06-04.
External links[edit]
- Website of the People's Will Party's newspaper Qassioun(Arabic and English)
