Bread and Freedom Party


The Bread and Freedom Party, also translated as the Bread and Liberty Party, is a democratic socialist party in Egypt created in November 2013 by former members of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party.

History

280 members from the Socialist Popular Alliance Party gave their resignations in early November 2013, though the resignations were rejected by Abdel Ghafar Shukr, the head of the party. The Daily News Egypt site gives the number of resigning members as 304. The resigning members criticized their former party for aligning itself with the military during the transitional period and defending the actions of the police. The members formed a new party in response.
The party is not registered as of 10 February 2014.

Policies

The policies of the Bread and Freedom Party include wealth redistribution and development.

Leadership

Khaled Ali, who was the leader of the party, resigned from it in 2018.