Saturday, November 19, 2011

Why there is still a long road ahead of: The Greens of North Africa ?



The general theme in the northern African country is the dominance of the two camps "Islamists & Liberals" on the political scene "apart from the inaccuracy of the terminology in that concern". So where are the Greens of North Africa are located in that scene and do they have a chance to exist??

Egypt:
A party that was petitioned to be launched by 1987 But faced difficulties under Mubarak, and wasn’t inaugurated until 1990 and was shut down by the regime for two years during the previous decade, They are now very slowly trying to find their place in the Egyptian political scene however It still needs young visionary progressive involvement & leadership.
With the vast number of emerging & existing political parties in Egypt youth are scattered, strayed and confused ,with the default impression of a "Green Party" as a luxurious or academic party effective involvement of youth will not be easily guaranteed ,the Green Party will need more time to spread the word and change paradigms.

Tunisia:
Currently Tunisia has two Green Parties one which is believed to have been awarded the "green light" to exist from Bin Ali`s former regime but more well "established which is " Le parti des Verts pour le Progrès" and another party which is believed to have been oppressed by Bin Ali`s regime which is "Le parti Tunisie Verte".
However both parties will be facing the same difficulties mentioned above under the expected continous success for Al-Nahda party in various elections and the vast number of other parties competing for the votes.

Libya :
Till now there is no well established official Green party in Libya however there are serious attempts to launch a Libyan Green Party soon , The difference in Libya is that it is a more tribal oriented society with the least practice of how political party operates even under dictatorships but still they got great expectations for a more free political circumstances. However the extent of the effect of the "Tribal mentality" –which is off course not that Green oriented- will need to be examined.

Algeria:
Still operated under the old style north African dictatorships with very few options for such political parties to emerge and exist the Green party of Algeria still has a very long road to make it and spread the word with lots of landmines on that road.

Morocco :
A different system in Morocco than the all other cases as it is a kingdom?? However there exists a Moroccan Green Party with a bit more chances than Algeria to practice it`s activities but still the chances of strong existence of such political party in a royal system with not much awareness about the ideology is doubted.

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