Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Democratic Constitutional Rally or Democratic Constitutional Assembly (Arabic: التجمع الدستوري الديمقراطي At-Tajammu‘ Ad-Dustūrī Ad-Dīmuqrāṭī, French: Rassemblement Constitutionnel Démocratique, sometimes also called Constitutional Democratic Rally in English), also referred to by its French initials RCD, formerly called Neo Destour then Socialist Destourian Party, was the ruling party in Tunisia from independence in 1956 until it was overthrown and dissolved in the Tunisian revolution.The party was founded in 1934 by Habib Bourguiba, and led the country to independence in 1956. For the first half-century of Tunisia's existence as an independent state, the RCD was effectively the only party in Tunisia, and was the only party legally permitted from 1963 to 1981. The party held strong majorities in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Councillors; indeed, it was the only party in the legislature until 1994.In the 2009 general election, the last held before the revolution, the RCD won 161 of 214 seats with the remaining 53 seats going to minority parties. These elections, like virtually all others in the country since independence, were widely seen as fraudulent. The outcry over the elections proved to be a major cause of the revolution which forced President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to resign and leave Tunisia.In response to the RCD government's attempt to suppress the protests, the Socialist International expelled the RCD on January 17, 2011—three days after Ben Ali fled the country. In order to placate protesters and designated coalition participants, the incumbent president and prime minister resigned from their memberships in the RCD on January 18 and all remaining RCD-aligned ministers resigned their party memberships on the 20th, the effect of which left the RCD with only a parliamentary majority. On January 27, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi carried out a major reshuffle, removing all former RCD members other than himself from the government. On March 9, the party was finally dissolved by the Tunisian courts.. }
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- Constitutional_Democratic_Rally abstract "The Democratic Constitutional Rally or Democratic Constitutional Assembly (Arabic: التجمع الدستوري الديمقراطي At-Tajammu‘ Ad-Dustūrī Ad-Dīmuqrāṭī, French: Rassemblement Constitutionnel Démocratique, sometimes also called Constitutional Democratic Rally in English), also referred to by its French initials RCD, formerly called Neo Destour then Socialist Destourian Party, was the ruling party in Tunisia from independence in 1956 until it was overthrown and dissolved in the Tunisian revolution.The party was founded in 1934 by Habib Bourguiba, and led the country to independence in 1956. For the first half-century of Tunisia's existence as an independent state, the RCD was effectively the only party in Tunisia, and was the only party legally permitted from 1963 to 1981. The party held strong majorities in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Councillors; indeed, it was the only party in the legislature until 1994.In the 2009 general election, the last held before the revolution, the RCD won 161 of 214 seats with the remaining 53 seats going to minority parties. These elections, like virtually all others in the country since independence, were widely seen as fraudulent. The outcry over the elections proved to be a major cause of the revolution which forced President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to resign and leave Tunisia.In response to the RCD government's attempt to suppress the protests, the Socialist International expelled the RCD on January 17, 2011—three days after Ben Ali fled the country. In order to placate protesters and designated coalition participants, the incumbent president and prime minister resigned from their memberships in the RCD on January 18 and all remaining RCD-aligned ministers resigned their party memberships on the 20th, the effect of which left the RCD with only a parliamentary majority. On January 27, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi carried out a major reshuffle, removing all former RCD members other than himself from the government. On March 9, the party was finally dissolved by the Tunisian courts.".