National Front Party (Libya)

The National Front, (full name of the National Front Party, Arabic حزب الجبهة الوطنية, DMG Hizb al - Dschabha al - Wataniyya ) is a Libyan political party that was founded in May 2012.

It is closely associated with the National Front for the Salvation of Libya ( NFSL ), a company founded in 1981 former resistance movement against the rule of Muammar al - Gaddafi. The party is led by Mohamed Yousef el- Magariaf, a dissident intellectuals from eastern Libya.

Objectives and contents

The National Front is considered liberal and progressive. It aims at a democratic government and a certain degree of decentralization, however, rejects a federal system. The strongholds of the party the National Front in the eastern region of Cyrenaica.

The party program aimed ostensibly at the reconstruction of Libya. It supports women's rights, free elections and democratic change.

Election and governance

For the election of Libya's National Congress in 2012, the National Front won three of the 80 available seats for party lists (120 were for non-party reserved). On 9 August, the chairman of the National Front, el- Magariaf, president of the National Congress, and thus interim head of state chosen. The Party of Justice and structure of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood had el- Magariaf support for tactical reasons, to later impose its candidate for the post of prime minister. But also in the choice of leaders sat the candidate of the National Front, Mustafa Abu Schagur through.