7 Other provisions, however, set out more problematic criteria or guidelines for political parties. The 1977 law stipulates, for example, that parties should not include or be based on any military or quasi-military methods, and should not be founded upon being a branch of an external party or a political organization. 6 It lays out basic requirements as to what sort of informationname, address, finances, and internal party bylaws, for exampleshould be included in prospective parties applications for recognition. Many of the laws provisions are in fact uncontroversial. 40/1977, the political parties law, or the parties law), which stated that ∾gyptians have the right to create political parties and every Egyptian has the right to belong to any political party. 5 In June 1977 al-Sadat signed Egypts first post-independence law governing political parties (Law No. In 1974 al-Sadat, seeking to dismantle Abdel Nassers single party, split the ASU into three wings, or forums. Two years later, he elevated these forums to parties, establishing the NDP, the Tagammu` (National Progressive Unionist Grouping) Party, and the Ahrar (Liberal) Party. In 1962 al-Sadats predecessor Gamal Abdel Nasser promulgated the National Charter, which established the Arab Socialist Union (ASU) as the countrys sole political party. The current political parties law has its roots in former President Anwar al-Sadats efforts to consolidate his power.

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