Mauritanian Party of Union and Change
political party in Mauritania
The Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (Arabic: حزب الاتحاد والتغيير الموريتاني, romanized: ḥizb al-ittiḥād wat-taġyīr al-muritāni, French: Parti mauritanien de l'union et du changement), often known by its shortened Arabic abbreviation HATEM (Arabic: حاتم, romanized: ḥātm), is a political party in Mauritania. It has been led since its foundation by Saleh Ould Hanenna.
Ideology
The party stands on the right of the political spectrum, supporting civic nationalist, socially conservative and economically liberal policies while defending the role of religion in the Mauritanian state.
Basic principles of the party
Maintaining Islam's role as a source of legislation in the country and its presence as the religion of the Mauritanian people and state. The party interprets Islam as a religion of progress and development, standing against extremism.
A united Mauritanian national identity based on its Arab and African roots, seeking to maintain the Arabic language as the state's sole national language and making it the cohesive element of the Mauritanian nation, with the party also supporting the teaching of other national languages (Wolof, Pulaar and Soninké) in schools.
A Mauritanian national unity based on the religion shared by the population (Islam) and on a Mauritanian civic nationalism based on the country's cultural diversity (Arabs, Wolof, Fulani and Soninke).
A commitment to defend Mauritania's sovereignty and borders.
A democratic system "stemming from the country’s cultural specificity"; peaceful transfer of power; separation of powers and rule of law.
Equal opportunities among citizens and preserving human dignity by consolidating social justice and removing all forms of discrimination.
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