Abu Shoqa runs for 2nd term at helm of Wafd Party
Party’s leadership elections will be held on 11 March
Latest in Tag: Wafd Party Highlight
Latest in Tag: Wafd Party
Wafd Party dissatisfied with government’s economic performance: Yasser Koura
Dollar rate reaching EGP 20 was painful for national economy. Al Wafd party demanded social protection net for citizens before pound flotation as prices witnessed mad wave of increases ranging from 150-200% last year
Social Justice Coalition members increase to 27
The coalition intends to run in parliamentary elections under the slogan “25 January-30 June”
Wafd Party endorses Sisi presidential bid
Secretary General of the party says Sisi will bring “security, peace and stability” to Egypt, blames terrorism in Egypt on Israelis
Al-Wafd Party head to visit Sudan
El-Sayed Al-Badawi to meet Omar Al-Bashir to discuss regional issues
Wafd member says party heads met with US Ambassador
Other Rescue Front members did not meet
Inauguration of the National Rescue Front; Statement
Their essential goal is to overthrow President Morsy’s latest constitutional declaration
More withdraw from Constituent Assembly
At least 24 members suspend or terminate their membership within one week
Draft constitution meeting fails after five hours
Groups attempting to reach consensus delay meeting to next week
A poet, a sculptor and a politician: Egypt’s rich yet often neglected modern history
“The prince of poets” Ahmed Shawky, Saad Zaghloul, Mahmoud Mokhtar; some of the most famous figures of “Liberal Egypt”
YEAREND SPECIAL: The rise and fall of new political players
By Marwa Al-A’asar This year witnessed the advent of new players on the Egyptian political scene, though some opposition forces were disappointed at the slight impact they have made so far. When Mohamed ElBaradei as a new opposition leader and Al-Wafd opposition party under new leadership emerged, they were perceived by many as possible alternatives …
Al-Wafd’s Sarhan rejects freeze of dissidents’ memberships
By Marwa Al-A’asar CAIRO: Mohamed Sarhan, deputy president of the opposition Al-Wafd, said that the party has no right to freeze the memberships of its candidates who have — against the party’s will— registered as independents in the new People’s Assembly (PA). Earlier last week, Al-Wafd’s supreme committee froze the memberships of seven dissident members …
Al-Wafd freezes memberships of dissident PA candidates
By Marwa Al-A’asar CAIRO: Al-Wafd’s higher committee has frozen the memberships of seven dissident members who defied a decision to boycott the People’s Assembly (PA) runoff elections, the opposition party’s Secretary General Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour said Thursday. “The party bylaws will then be applied on the seven members … who won seats in the PA …
Al-Wafd confirms pulling out of runoff elections
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Al-Wafd Party confirmed Thursday that it will withdraw from the runoff elections on Dec. 5 along with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), amid wide accusations of fraud and violations in the parliamentary elections. “The Wafd will stand united with the nation against those who tried to steal and appropriate their vote/voice. The Wafd …
Al-Wafd forms shadow government with no interior, justice ministries
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Al-Wafd opposition party announced Tuesday the formation of a shadow government to be headed by Ali Al-Selamy, member of the party’s supreme executive body and assistant to its chairman, as an alternative to the ruling National Democratic Party’s (NDP) government. Al-Wafd’s shadow government, comprising 29 ministries headed by technocrats from within the …
Meet the players: Al-Wafd Party
Al-Wafd Party is considered by many to be the most powerful and influential official opposition party in Egypt. It has enjoyed a long history as a liberal party in Egyptian politics, having promoted the notion of national unity since the 1920’s. Al-Wafd, which means “The Delegation” in English, was originally a group of national …
Al-Wafd Party decides to continue its PA election race
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Al-Wafd opposition party announced that it will continue its decision to run in the parliamentary elections, thereby ending speculations about a possible withdrawal from the elections in protest of what party officials have described as unfair treatment. Al-Wafd’s decision came after the Ministry of Information finally approved the party’s previously rejected TV …