Right Path Party
حزب الصواب
Parti Sawab
PresidentAbdesselam Ould Horma
Vice PresidentMohamed El Moctar Ould Melil
Founded23 May 2004
HeadquartersNouakchott
IdeologyBa'athism
Arab nationalism
ReligionIslam
National affiliationDemocratic Alternation Coalition
International affiliationBa'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)
Parliamentary groupNon-attached
National Assembly
5 / 176
Regional councils
13 / 285
Mayors
1 / 238
Website
Facebook profile

Sawab (Arabic: حزب الصواب, romanized: ḥizb aṣ-ṣawāb, lit. 'Party of the Right Path'), is a Ba'athist and Arab nationalist political party in Mauritania. The party leader is Abdesselam Ould Horma.[1]

The party was formed and founded on 23 May 2004 by supporters of former Mauritanian Head of State Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla,[2] although the party denies any links with Ould Haidalla.[3]

Most of the party's Ba'athists were formerly associated with the Iraqi dominated faction.[4][5] Support for the party is mainly confined to a small Arab group.[citation needed]

In 2013, the party was led by Abdesselam Ould Horma and was a member of the opposition Coalition for Pacific Alternation, along with People's Progressive Alliance and El-Wiam.[6]

During the 2023 parliamentary elections, the Sawab party won five seats in the National Assembly; the party is still part of the opposition.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Le président du parti Sawab : Je crois que l'opération électorale se déroulera de façon normale garantissant à tous des opportunités de succès égales". Agence mauritanienne d'information (in French). 2023-05-13. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  2. ^ Pazzanita, Anthony G. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania. Scarecrow Press. p. Chronology: XLIII.
  3. ^ "AML - support.gale". www.accessmylibrary.com.
  4. ^ "Le parti Sawab, d'obédience "baathiste", félicite Ould Abdel Aziz" (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  5. ^ "Identité nationale : Sawab craint la négrification de la Mauritanie". Union des Forces de Progrès (in French). 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  6. ^ "IFES" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Mauritanie : une élection ne fait pas le printemps". L’Anticapitaliste (in French). 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  8. ^ "MyCeni - Résultats 2023". res-myceni.org. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
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