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This article lists political parties in Tunisia. Tunisia was a dominant-party state of the Constitutional Democratic Rally ("RCD" from its French language initials) before the Tunisian revolution. In the aftermath of the revolution the RCD was dissolved by the new state authorities and over 70 new political parties formed. [1]
The number of new political parties and associations has increased since the beginning of Ben Ali's presidency in 1987. Shortly before the revolution of 2011 there were eight recognized national parties, six of which held national legislative seats. President Ben Ali's party, known as the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD), commanded ...
The party was described as moving "quickly to carve out a place" in the Tunisian political scene, "taking part in demonstrations and meeting with the prime minister." [ 39 ] Earlier Ghannouchi announced that the party had "signed a shared statement of principles with the other Tunisian opposition groups". [ 40 ]
Leading opposition parties in Tunisia asserted Wednesday that politically motivated arrests and gag orders are creating impossible conditions for holding democratic elections later this year.
Islamic political parties in Tunisia (5 P) L. Liberal parties in Tunisia (12 P) S. Socialist parties in Tunisia (4 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Political parties in ...
TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia's president issued an electoral law on Thursday reducing, but not ending, the role of political parties in a reformed parliament that will have fewer powers under a ...
The Congress for the Republic (Arabic: المؤتمر من أجل الجمهورية, romanized: Al-Mu’tamar min ajl al-Jumhūriyya; French: Congrès pour la République), also referred to as El Mottamar or by its French acronym CPR, is a centre-left secular political party in Tunisia.
The leader of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party was sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting terrorism and inciting hatred in the North African country, once seen as a model for democracy ...