The Rally for Culture and Democracy ( ber, Agraw i Yidles d Tugdut; ar, التجمع من أجل الثقافة والديمقراطية; french: Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie, RCD) is a
political party
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in
Algeria
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. It promotes secularism (
laïcité) and has its principal power base in
Kabylia
Kabylia ('' Kabyle: Tamurt n Leqbayel'' or ''Iqbayliyen'', meaning "Land of Kabyles", '','' meaning "Land of the Tribes") is a cultural, natural and historical region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kabyle people. It is part of ...
, a major
Berber
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Ethnic group
* Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa
* Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages
Places
* Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile
People with the surname
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-speaking region. Some consider it to take the position of a
liberal party for the Berber-speaking population in Algerian politics.
History and profile
The Rally for Culture and Democracy was founded by
Saïd Sadi
Saïd Sadi ( Kabyle: Saεid Seεdi) (born 26 August 1947) is an Algerian politician who was President of the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) until 2012. He is founder of the first Algerian human rights league.
Born at Aghribs, now in Tiz ...
in 1989.
He was a presidential candidate
in 1995, winning 9.3 percent of the popular vote.
In 1997, the party won 19 of 390 seats. The RCD boycotted the 2002 elections. Saïd Sadi was a candidate again in the
2004 presidential election and won 1.9 percent of the vote. The party participated in the
2007 legislative elections, winning 3.36% of the vote and 19 seats.
Regional strength
In the
2007 legislative election, support for the RCD was higher than its national average (3.36%) in the following provinces:
See also
*
Politics of Algeria
*
Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie (MAK), a
Kabyle pro-
autonomy
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movement
*
Socialist Forces Front
, Berber: Tirni Iɣallen Inemlayen (RƔN)
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(FFS), the main
socialist
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Berber party
*
Arouch Movement, a Berber political organisation modelled on traditional village councils
*
List of liberal parties
References
External links
* (in Berber, French, and Arabic)
1989 establishments in Algeria
Algerian democracy movements
Algerian nationalism
Berberism in Algeria
Berberist political parties
Liberal parties in Algeria
Nationalist parties in Algeria
Political parties established in 1989
Political parties in Algeria
Secularism in Algeria
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