The Movement for Dignity and Citizenship ( es, Movimiento por la Dignidad y la Ciudadanía, MDyC) is a left-wing autonomist party in the Spanish autonomous city of

Ceuta Ceuta (, , ; ar, سَبْتَة, Sabtah) is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of several Spanish territorie ...

History

The party was formed in 2014 as a split of the

Caballas Coalition The Caballas Coalition ( es, Coalición Caballas, i.e., Mackerel Coallition) was a left-wing regionalist party in the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta in north Africa. History The party formed for the 2011 election as a merger between the Ceuta ...

, led by

Fatima Hamed Fatima Hamed Hossain (born 1978) is a Spanish lawyer and politician. She founded the Movement for Dignity and Citizenship (MDyC) in 2014 and has served as a member of the Assembly of Ceuta since 2015, the first Muslim woman to lead a group in the a ...

, the first Muslim woman to lead a political group in the

Assembly of Ceuta The Assembly of Ceuta ( es, Asamblea de Ceuta) is the regional legislature of the autonomous city of Ceuta, an exclave of Spain located on the north coast of Africa. The Assembly has 25 members, elected by universal suffrage. Following an electi ...

. Since 2015, it is a parliamentary force in Ceuta, sitting in the opposition to the People's Party local governments. In June 2023, MDyC decided not to contest the snap general election celebrated that year.

Electoral results

Ceuta Assembly

References

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