Errahma | |
Native Name: | حزب الرحمة |
Leader: | Saïd Jaziri |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Founded: | August 2012 |
Ideology: | Islamism Islamic democracy Religious conservatism |
Religion: | Salafism |
Seats1 Title: | Tunisian Parliament |
Seats1: | |
Website: | http://errahmah.com |
Country: | Tunisia |
Errahma (ar|حزب الرحمة|lit=Party of [[Divine Mercy]]) is a Salafi Islamist political party in Tunisia. The party, founded in 2012, is led by Saïd Jaziri, former spokesperson for the Tunisian community in Canada.
The party supports the parliamentary system and the inclusion of Islamic law in the Constitution.[1]
The party ran in the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections; in the latter election, they won four seats.[2]
+ Election results by year | Election year | No. of overall votes | % of overall total | No. of candidates run | No. of seats won | +/- | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | 27,944 | 0.98 | 4 | +4 | |||
In the 2019 elections, the party gained four seats in the Assembly of People's Representatives.[3]
On January 21, 2020, MPs Mouadh Ben Dhiaf and Ahmed Ben Ayed resigned from the party, accusing leader Said Jaziri of authoritarianism.[4]