Democratic Modernist Pole
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Democratic Modernist Pole (PDM) is a Tunisia
n political coalition created for the Tunisian Constituent Assembly election of 23 October 2011. The "Pole" consists of four parties and five citizen initiatives, the largest of which is the Ettajdid Movement. However, a October 18 report by Bloomberg.com
states that "attempts by ... the Modernist Democratic Pole, to create a pre-election multiparty coalition failed."
The bloc was founded in May 2011. On 7 September it announced candidate lists for the Constituent Assembly election in all the 33 constituencies at home and abroad. Sixteen women and 17 men will be chief candidates. Riadh Ben Fadl and Mustapha Ben Ahmed, are the founders of the group. Ahmed Ibrahim
is a leader in the bloc. The bloc won 5 of the 217 seats and 4.91% of the vote in the 2011 Tunisian Constituent Assembly election.
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law emphasises gender equality, with half its election lists headed by female candidates, and its platform promoting ‘perfect equality’ in inheritance law. The party also supports the abolition of the death penalty.
For Tunisia's constitution, PDM proposes a president elected to five year terms in office and serving a maximum of two terms. In the Constituent Assembly, it proposes that laws and decisions be based on majority vote, except for constitutional changes, which would require a two thirds majority vote.
Five independent initiatives:
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
n political coalition created for the Tunisian Constituent Assembly election of 23 October 2011. The "Pole" consists of four parties and five citizen initiatives, the largest of which is the Ettajdid Movement. However, a October 18 report by Bloomberg.com
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states that "attempts by ... the Modernist Democratic Pole, to create a pre-election multiparty coalition failed."
The bloc was founded in May 2011. On 7 September it announced candidate lists for the Constituent Assembly election in all the 33 constituencies at home and abroad. Sixteen women and 17 men will be chief candidates. Riadh Ben Fadl and Mustapha Ben Ahmed, are the founders of the group. Ahmed Ibrahim
Ahmed Ibrahim (Tunisian politician)
Ahmed Ibrahim ; born 19 June 1947), also known as Ahmed Brahim, is a Tunisian politician. He is the First Secretary of Ettajdid Movement and the leader of the Democratic Modernist Pole. He was the party's candidate for President of Tunisia in the 2009 presidential election...
is a leader in the bloc. The bloc won 5 of the 217 seats and 4.91% of the vote in the 2011 Tunisian Constituent Assembly election.
Positions
According to Islamopedia, the bloc officially released its campaign platform on 24 September 2011. The bloc proposes the separation of religion and politics and in contrast to traditional IslamIslam
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Sharia
Sharia law, is the moral code and religious law of Islam. Sharia is derived from two primary sources of Islamic law: the precepts set forth in the Quran, and the example set by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Sunnah. Fiqh jurisprudence interprets and extends the application of sharia to...
law emphasises gender equality, with half its election lists headed by female candidates, and its platform promoting ‘perfect equality’ in inheritance law. The party also supports the abolition of the death penalty.
For Tunisia's constitution, PDM proposes a president elected to five year terms in office and serving a maximum of two terms. In the Constituent Assembly, it proposes that laws and decisions be based on majority vote, except for constitutional changes, which would require a two thirds majority vote.
Components of the pole
Four parties :- Ettajdid Movement (mouvement Ettajdid)
- Socialist Left Party (Parti socialiste de gauche)
- Centrist Way (Voie du Centre)
- Republican Party (Parti républicain )
Five independent initiatives:
- Pole's National Collective of Independents (Collectif national des indépendant(e)s du pôle)
- Citizens' Initiative (Initiative citoyenne)
- Pole's League of Independents (Ligue des indépendants du pôle)
- Enough divisions, let's move forward! (Assez de divisions, allons de l'avant)
- Call for a democratic, social and cultural pole (Appel pour un pôle démocratique, social et culturel)
See also
- List of political parties in Tunisia
- Tunisian Constituent Assembly election, 2011