Solidarity Party of Afghanistan
The Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (Persian: حزب همبستگی افغانستان) (SPA) is a small left-wing political party in Afghanistan.[3] The party platform focuses on four main issues: secularism, women's rights, democracy, and opposition to NATO's Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan.[4] The party is strongly critical of the Afghan government, which it views as corrupt, fundamentalist, and dominated by warlords.[4] The party claims a membership of some 30,000.[4]
Solidarity Party of Afghanistan حزب همبستگی افغانستان | |
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| Leader | Dawood Razmak[1] |
| Founded | 17 April 2004 |
| Headquarters | Kabul |
| Membership | 30,000 (approx.)[2] |
| Ideology | Secularism Democratic socialism Social democracy Women's rights/Feminism Democratic reform Anti-Imperialism Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Seats in the House of the People | 0 / 249
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| Seats in the House of Elders | 0 / 102
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| Website | |
| hambastagi.org | |
History
The party boycotted the 2005 and 2010 parliamentary elections.[3]
The party was suspended in June 2012 following a Kabul demonstration in late April 2012 where the party accused a number of Afghan leaders, including former leaders and commanders, of committing war crimes over the last three decades of conflict, and demanded they be brought to justice.[3]
The SPA boycotted the 2004, 2009, and 2014 Afghan Presidential elections as the party alleges that an individual cannot be elected without the approval of the US government.[4] The party does, however, take part in provincial elections as it believes these elections to be more democratic and harder for central government to control or rig.[4] No SPA members ran in the 2013 provincial elections, although the party did support certain candidates.[4] The party condemned the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria.
See also
References
- https://online.wsj.com/articles/islamic-states-siege-of-kobani-syria-sparks-protest-in-kabul-1413129298
- http://www.hambastagi.org/new/english-section/readers-column/661-interview-with-hafiz-rasikh-member-of-solidarity-party-of-afghanistan-on-upcoming-elections.html
- "Afghanistan suspends political party sparking fears over freedom of speech | World news". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
- "Interview with Hafiz Rasikh, member of Solidarity Party of Afghanistan, on upcoming elections". Solidarity Party of Afghanistan/Osservatorio Afghanistan. 10 February 2014.
