Members include Abdelhakim Belhadj, Mahmoud Hamza, Ali Zeidan and Mansour Saif Al-Nasar.

[1][5] At the time of its establishment, it had the provisional name of National Gathering for Freedom, Justice and Development.

[citation needed] Al-Sallabi has strong ties to both Yusuf al-Qaradawi, spiritual leader of the international Muslim Brotherhood, and Abdelhakim Belhadj, former "emir" of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group.

The party calls for "moderate" Islamic democracy, but demands to base a new Libyan constitution on Sharia law.

[1] The party won no seats in the Libyan General National Congress election of 2012.