Congress for the Republic

The Congress for the Republic (French Congrès pour la République, Arabic المؤتمر من أجل الجمهورية al - Mu'tamar min ajl il - Jumhūriyyah; abbreviation CPR), also referred to as Al Mottamar, is a socially liberal and secular political party in Tunisia.

The CPR was founded on 25 July 2001 and banned again already in 2002. On 8 March 2011, the party was admitted again after the revolution. It is led by Moncef Marzouki since its inception.

The ideology of CPR based on liberalism, secularism and social democracy. The party will be classified on the political spectrum as center-left. The party colors of the CPR are green and red, the election symbol of a green- colored glasses. The symbol of the Congress for the Republic, red glasses, reminiscent of Moncef Marzoukis characteristic glasses. Younger followers of CPR have been known to wear red glasses to show their support for Marzouki.

The motto of the Congress for the Republic is popular sovereignty, dignity of the citizen legitimacy of the state (Arabic السيادة للشعب, الكرامة للمواطن, الشرعية للدولة, French " souveraineté du peuple, Dignité du citoyen de l' État légitimité "). The party newspaper of the CPR Tunisie Avenir, the headquarters of the party is situated at 45 Ali Darghouth (1000 Tunis ).

History

The creation of the Congress for the Republic was officially on 25 July 2001, the statement was signed by 31 people, including the physician, medical professor and human rights activist Moncef Marzouki as president, Naziha Rejiba ( Oum Ziad ) as Secretary General, Abderraouf Ayadi as Vice President, Samir Ben Amor announced as treasurer and Mohamed Chakroun as honorary president. The Congress for the Republic declared that he intended to lead to the establishment of the first democratic republican form of government in Tunisia - Introduction of freedom of speech, of association and freedom of association and the holding of free and fair elections. This should by national and international observers, to review all levels of the electoral process be guaranteed. The Congress for the Republic also called for adoption of a new constitution, to a strict separation of the various authorities, to respect and guarantee of the human rights, gender equality and the establishment of a constitutional court to protect individual and collective rights. In addition, the CPR called for compliance with the Tunisian commitments to the European Union, on the other hand, he also called for national self-determination of Tunisians and the Palestinian people.

In 2002, during the presidency of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the Congress for the Republic was banned. The President of the CPR, Marzouki, fled into exile in Paris. However, the party continued its activities and existed as a de facto party for Auslandstunesier in France until 2011.

After the ousting of President Ben Ali by the acting president Fouad Mebazaâ during the protests in Tunisia 2010, the President Moncef Marzouki of the CPR announced that he would return to Tunisia and a candidate will be in the next elections in Tunisia. He returned to Tunisia back on January 18, 2011.

Current party leadership

  • Moncef Marzouki, party president
  • Abderraouf Ayadi, Vice President
  • Mohamed Abbou
  • Fethi Jerbi
  • Zouhour Kourda
  • Samir Ben Amor
  • Monia Bouali
  • Khaled Ben Mbarek
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