Nidaa Tounes / Call of Tunisia

Siglas: 
NT
  • Name - Original language & name in English: حركة نداء تونس (Arabic), Appel de la Tunisie (French), Call of Tunisia (English)
  • Year founded: 2012
  • Ideology: Nationalist, Secular
  • Current leader & function:  Beji Caïd Essebsi (president)
  • Number of seats in Constituent Assembly: Although the party did not exist at time of last elections, a number of defections from other parties had by the end of 2012 given it roughly 10 seats in the Constituent Assembly.
  • Currently in government or in opposition: In opposition
  • Legal status: Legal political party
  • Link to official party websitehttp://www.nidaatounes.org/
  • Observations: The party aims to be a modern version of the historic, fiercely secular Neo Destour of Habib Bourguiba, Tunisia's first president. It also intends to unite behind it a great swathe of smaller opposition parties in order to present a common front against Ennahda.