Petition collects 1.25m signatures against Islamist parties: ‘No to Religious Parties’
The popular campaign exposed the violations of 12 “Islamist parties”, calling on Egyptians to boycott them
By Mina Ibrahim
Daily News Egypt
8 hours ago
The “No to Religious Parties” campaign group announced it collected 1.25m signatures at a press conference it held Sunday in Downtown Cairo to reveal its achievements one week before the beginning of the first round of the parliamentary elections.
The conference saw the presence of some of the campaign founders, in addition to a number of public figures who form its advisory board.
Amr Aly, a member of the advisory board, said he will file a case against the 12 political parties founded on religious bases. He added that these parties are “illegal” according to the current Egyptian constitution.
Article 74 of the 2013 Egyptian constitution states that all citizens have the right to form political parties as regulated by law. However, it adds: “No political activity may be practiced and no political parties may be formed on the basis of religion or discrimination based on sex, or origin, or on a sectarian basis or due to geographic location.”
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