(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A Tunisian court on Wednesday dissolved the former ruling party, Rally for Constitutional Democacy (RCD) of deposed leader, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
The party was suspended from official activities in February by the interior ministry after Ben Ali fled abroad on 14 January at the height of a popular uprising to overthrow his autocratic regime.
The court "has decided to dissolve the Rally for Constitutional Democracy and to liquidate its assets and funds," the ruling read, triggering a burst of applause from a packed courtroom.
The interior ministry had accused the party, which claimed a membership of two million people out of a population of 12 million, of violating the constitution to set up a one-party "totalitarian regime" under Ben Ali.
Since its creation in 1988 the party had never been audited nor had it filed annual accounts, the ministry added.
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