Back حزب العدالة والبناء (ليبيا) Arabic Партия на справедливостта и развитието (Либия) Bulgarian Partei für Gerechtigkeit und Aufbau German Parti de la justice et de la construction French Partito della Giustizia e dello Sviluppo (Libia) Italian 公正建設党 Japanese Партия справедливости и строительства Russian Adalet ve İnşa Partisi Turkish 公正与建设党 Chinese
Justice and Construction Party حزب العدالة والبناء Hizb Al-Adala Wal-Bina | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Emad al-Banani |
| Spokesperson | Mohamed Gaair |
| Founder | Mohamed Sowan |
| Founded | 3 March 2012 |
| Headquarters | Tripoli, Libya |
| Ideology | Islamic democracy Islamism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| International affiliation | Muslim Brotherhood |
| Colours | Azure and gold |
| General National Congress | 17 / 200 |
| Website | |
| www.ab.ly | |
The Justice and Construction Party[1][2] (JCP) or Justice and Development Party (Arabic: حزب العدالة والبناء, Hizb Al-Adala Wal-Bina)[3] is a political party in Libya associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. It was officially founded on 3 March 2012 in Tripoli.
Emad al-Banani of Misrata is the head of the party, and Mohamed Gaair is its spokesman. While it finished second in the election of 2014,[4] it is believed to have attracted enough independents to have become the majority, and infighting in the National Forces Alliance has allowed the Brotherhood's political arm to gradually consolidate control over Libya. The party backed the election of Nouri Abusahmain, a Berber and moderate Islamist, over the secular candidates, who were defeated.[5] This gave the Brotherhood a strong position so that once Ali Zeidan was ousted from politics[6][7][8] over his mishandling of Morning Glory oil shipments, the Brotherhood had a speaker-president, Abusahmain, with so much authority that they could eventually appoint a moderate Islamist and pro-business politician,[9] Ahmed Maiteeq, as prime minister.[10][11] The Brotherhood is continuing to consolidate its power; by backing a Berber as president, the JCP has gained stronger support from Libya's ethnic minorities.
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