March 8 Alliance
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2009) |
| Lebanon |
 This article is part of the series: |
|
|
|
Other countries · Atlas Politics portal |
The March 8 Alliance is a coalition of various political parties in Lebanon. The alliance forms the opposition against the government of the March 14 Alliance. The alliance has generally been regarded as pro-Syrian.
The name dates back to March 8, 2005 when different parties called for a mass demonstration in downtown Beirut in response to the Cedar Revolution. The demonstration thanked Syria for helping stop the Lebanese Civil War and the aid in stabilizing Lebanon and supporting the Lebanese resistance to the Israeli occupation. Main parties were Hezbollah, Amal Movement, Marada Movement, and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.
On February 6, 2006, the Free Patriotic Movement which was a part of the March 14 Alliance, and was part of the Cedar Revolution's mass demonstration on the 14th of March, 2005 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hezbollah and thus was considered by the March 14 Alliance as part of the March 8 Alliance.
In March and April 2008 Michel Murr and his bloc quit the March 8 Alliance and the Change and Reform Bloc of Michel Aoun.[1]
Former Parliament Speaker Hussein el-Husseini resigned from parliament on August 12 2008.
The current alliance holds 56/127 seats in the parliament after the 2009 elections and consisted of:
 |
Parts of this article (those related to the number of seats) may no longer be up to date. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information, and remove this template when finished. Please see the talk page for more information. |
| Party | Arabic Name | Number of Representatives in the Parliament (after 2009 election) | Demographic Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amal Movement | Harakat Amal | 13 | Shi'a Muslim |
| Free Patriotic Movement | At Tayyar Al-Watani Al-Horr | 18 | Secular, ,mainly Maronite Christian |
| Hezbollah | Hizballah | 12 | Shi'a Muslim |
| Skaff Bloc | Kutlat Skaff | 0 | Secular mainly Greek Catholic |
| Armenian Revolutionary Federation | Tashnag | 2 | Armenian Christians |
| Syrian Social Nationalist Party | Al-Hizb al-Suri al-Qawmi al-Ijtima'i | 2 | Secular with support across all communities |
| Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party | Hizb al Baath al Arabi al Ishtiraki | 1 | Secular, mainly Alawite Muslim |
| Popular Nasserite Organization | 0 | Secular , mainlySunni Muslim | |
| Lebanese Democratic Party | Al Hizb al Dimoqrati al Lubnani | 4 | Druze |
| Solidarity Party | Hizb Al-Tadamoun | 1 | Christian |
| El Marada | 3 | Maronite Christian | |
| Arab Democratic Party | Al Hizb al Dimoqrati al Arabi | 0 | Alawite Muslims |
[edit] References
 |
This Lebanon-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
