Popular Front (Tunisia)
The Popular Front (Arabic الجبهة الشعبية, French Front populaire ) or the Popular Front for the achievement of the Revolution Objectives ( الجبهة الشعبية لتحقيق أهداف الثورة, Front populaire pour la réalisation of objectifs de la révolution ) is a left party alliance in Tunisia, and out of twelve parties several independents there. She is represented by six of 217 deputies in the Constituent Assembly of the country.
The Secretary-General of the Popular Front was Chokri Belaïd of the movement Democratic patriots. Since his assassination on February 6, 2013, is Hamma Hammami of the Tunisian Workers' Party.
It was founded on October 7, 2012, and united the movement of Democratic Patriots and the Labour Party with the movement of Socialist Democrats, Green Tunisia, the Iraqi and Syrian -run branches of the Baath Party and other regards itself as progressive parties.
Members
In the Constituent Assembly represented parties
- Tunisian Communist Workers' Party, led by Hamma Hammami - Marxist
- Popular movement, led by Mohamed Brahmi - nasseristisch
- Movement of Democratic Patriots ( MOUPAD ) until his assassination in February 2013 led by Chokri Belaïd - Marxist
Other parties
- Democratic and Patriotic Labour Party ( PTPD ) led by Mohamed Jmour - Marxist
- Democratic Patriots ( Watad ) led by Jamel Lazhar - Marxist
- Party of the progressives struggle (PLP ) led by Mohamed Lassoued - Marxist
- Movement of Socialist Democrats
- Left Workers League (LGO) out of Jalel Ben Brik Zoghlami - Trotskyite
- People's Party for Freedom and Progress ( PPLP ) out of Jalloul Ben Azzouna - socialist
- Unionist People's Front led by Cupid Mejri - Pan-Arab Marxist
- Baath movement led by Othmen Bel Haj Amor - Baathist, part of the pro- Iraqi Baath movement
- Party of the Democratic Arabic vanguard led Kheireddine Souabni - Baathist, part of the pro-Syrian Baath movement
- Tunisie Verte led by Abdelkader Zitouni - green