| Take Back Parliament 2013 - Lebanon | |
| Native Name: | 2013 إسترجعوا البرلمان |
| Founded: | 2012 |
| Ideology: | Democracy, secularism, social justice, anti-feudalism, direct democracy |
| Colours: | Purple, white and yellow |
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| Country: | Lebanon |
| Headquarters: | Beirut, Lebanon |
Take Back Parliament – Lebanon (ar|إسترجعوا البرلمان), (TBP – Lebanon) is a political movement launched by several Lebanese activists who met through various social organizations and civil initiatives. Social media has played a significant role in helping to expand the group. The grassroots campaign was created as an alternative to the gridlock between the two existing political alliances in Lebanon, the March 8 Alliance and March 14 Alliance. The group members crowd-sourced to build an electoral platform which is the ideal political agenda they would like to see candidates represent. The political agenda calls for a democratic secular nonsectarian government, bringing social justice awareness, and an eventual end to corruption.
TBP was created to challenge what it calls the total inefficiency of the current and previous Lebanese parliaments and their disconnect from the daily lives of citizens. TBP members crowd-sourced and contacted various experts and NGOs to build agenda papers regarding the following issues:
| Governance (8) | Human rights (5) | Public services (5) | Spatial planning (5) | Economy (4) | Environment (4) | Security & foreign policy (3) | Culture (3) | Media (2) |
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| Corruption http://vote2013.org/category/issues/corruption/ | Women's Rights http://vote2013.org/category/issues/womens-rights/ | Education http://vote2013.org/category/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A-education/ | Public Spaces & Property | Economy | Environmental Issues | Security | Tourism | Media Laws |
| Electoral system http://vote2013.org/category/issues/electoral-reform-issues/ | Rights of People with Disabilities http://vote2013.org/category/issues/people-with-disabilities/ | Healthcare http://vote2013.org/category/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%BA%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-healthcare/ | Urban Planning | Budget and Taxation | Waste Management | Foreign Policy | National Dialogue and Conflict Resolution | ICT Reform and Online Freedom http://vote2013.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ict_reform_ar_2013-03-14.pdf |
| Parliament http://vote2013.org/2013/01/18/%D8%A5%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86/ | Workers and Migrant Workers' Rights | Public Transport | Traffic Laws | Agriculture Sector | Fishing and Hunting Laws http://vote2013.org/2013/02/15/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%AF/ | Boycott of Israel | Civil War Memory and Amnesty Law | |
| Secularism | Children's rights | Electricity | Lebanese heritage | Sustainable development | Animal rights | |||
| Civil law | Sexual rights | Water | Rent law | |||||
| Personal status law | Prisoners' rights | |||||||
| Judicial system | ||||||||
| Administration & municipalities |