Dawn (Iceland)

Dawn - The organization of justice, fairness and democracy
Dögun - stjórnmálasamtök um réttlæti, sanngirni og lýðræði
Board of directors Helga Þórðardóttir
Þórður B. Sigurðsson
Gísli Tryggvason
Þórdís B. Sigurþórsdóttir
Sigurður Hr. Sigurðsson
Sigrún Ólafsdóttir
Longina Losiniecka
Founded 18 March 2012
Merger of
Ideology Populism
Colours Yellow
Seats in the Althing
0 / 63
Website
www.xdogun.is
Politics of Iceland
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Elections

Dawn - The organization of justice, fairness and democracy (Icelandic: Dögun - stjórnmálasamtök um réttlæti, sanngirni og lýðræði) is an Icelandic political organization founded 18 March 2012 to participate in the 2013 parliamentary elections. It was founded as a merger between three political parties: The Movement, Citizens' Movement, and the Liberal Party.[1] Its founders included two current MPs, Margrét Tryggvadóttir and Þór Saari, and two former members of the now defunct Icelandic Constitutional Assembly (Gísli Tryggvason and Lýður Árnason).[2][3] Lýður Árnason withdrew his membership of the party a year after it was founded.[4]

The movement derives its tradition from the protests during the financial crisis that started in 2008 ("Pots and Pans Revolution").[5]

As of 8 January 2013, the party claimed to have reached 2,275 party members (equal to 1% of the electorate).[6]

The party presented a deadline on 9 February 2013, for its party members to announce availability as potential candidates on the election list. Among those who in advance announced availability is Jón Jósef Bjarnason, a local councillor who had been elected for the The Movement in the city Mosfellsbær. A special committee in the party was to convene and decide the order and listing of names for the party's candidate list.[7]

Political program

The political program of the party was published as its general "core strategy" on 18 March 2012. It comprises the following six points:[8]

Electoral results

Parliament

Election # of
overall votes
% of
overall vote
# of
overall seats won
+/– Position
2013 Steady 5,855 Steady 3.10
0 / 63
Steady 0 Steady 7th

External links

References

  1. "Her name shall be Dawn" (in Icelandic). Rúv.is. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. "Gisli and other Dawn people running for election" (in Icelandic). Dv.is. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  3. "To be candidates for the Dawn" (in Icelandic). Mbl.is. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  4. "Lýður Árnason stopped as a member" (in Icelandic). Mbl.is. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  5. "The Reykjavík Grapevine Election Guide 2013", The Reykjavík Grapevine (4), 5 April 2013, p. 16
  6. "Must declare their official support for Dawn's policy" (in Icelandic). Mbl.is. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  7. "Jon and John joined the Dawn" (in Icelandic). Mbl.is. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  8. "Dawn's core strategy" (in Icelandic). Dögun. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  9. The Reykjavík Grapevine Election Guide 2013 | Dawn Interviewed (in English), The Reykjavík Grapevine, April 5, 2013
  10. "A Proposal for a new Constitution for the Republic of Iceland (English translation)" (PDF). Stjórnlagaráð (the Constitutional Council). 24 March 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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