The party was founded on 21 February 2020 by a group of Yemeni academics, intellectuals, activists and media specialists both in Yemen and in the diaspora.

During the conference, the party's co-chair Muhammad Haydarah said that they reject all forms of foreign meddling in the country's affairs, pointing to the undermining of national authority in the ports of Al Ghaydah, Aden and Socotra without naming actors specifically.

In the conference, he also said that the party is preparing to take Human Rights violations by militias in the country to the International Court of Justice.

Speakers at the conference emphasized the party's patriotic principles, influenced by the country's republican struggle, as well as the opposition to the Houthis, which was accused of terrorism and aiming to establish an Imamate.

[5] On 25 October 2022, the party's general secretary Muhammad al-Humaydi said that the current threats to the country require all political, tribal, social and cultural forces to support the Presidential Leadership Council and that Rashad al-Alimi has an "integral vision" to overcome the difficult and complex situation.