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((Infobox Tunisian political party
| name               = Free Destourian Party
| arabic_name        = الحزب الدستوري الحر
| french_name        = Parti destourien libre
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| president          = [[Abir Moussi]]
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| membership         = 30,000 (claimed)<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.espacemanager.com/abir-moussi-le-pdl-est-une-realite-sur-le-terrain-et-il-compte-30000-adherents.html|title=Abir Moussi : le PDL est une réalité sur le terrain et il compte 30.000 adhérents|website=Espace Manager))</ref>
| ideology           =[[Tunisian nationalism]]<ref>((cite news|title=Tunisia: the victory of Kais Saied, an electoral breakthrough for the populists?|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/afrique/tunisie-la-victoire-de-kais-saied-une-percee-electorale-des-populistes-20-10-2019-2342314_3826.php|publisher=lepoint|date=October 20, 2019|access-date=December 17, 2020))</ref><br />[[Bourguibism]]<ref>((cite news|title=Constitutive Congress of the Destourien Movement: the party claims its Bourguibist heritage|url=http://www.businessnews.com.tn/details_article.php?temp=1&t=520&a=66354|publisher=businessnews|date=August 13, 2016|access-date=December 17, 2020))</ref><br />[[Secularism]]<ref>((cite news|title=Abir Moussi: Our objective, a government without the Islamists|url=https://www.realites.com.tn/2019/04/abir-moussi-notre-objectif-un-gouvernement-sans-les-islamistes/|publisher=realites|date=April 22, 2019|access-date=December 17, 2020|archive-date=October 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006183128/https://www.realites.com.tn/2019/04/abir-moussi-notre-objectif-un-gouvernement-sans-les-islamistes/|url-status=dead))</ref>
| position           = [[Big tent]]<ref>((Cite web|last=Redondo|first=Raúl|date=July 17, 2020|title=Presentada una moción para retirar la confianza al presidente del Parlamento tunecino Rached Ghannouchi|url=https://atalayar.com/content/presentada-una-moci%C3%B3n-para-retirar-la-confianza-al-presidente-tunecino-rached-ghannouchi|access-date=June 2, 2021|website=Atalayar|language=es))</ref>
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The '''Free Destourian Party''' (((lang-ar|الحزب الدستوري الحر)) ''((transliteration|ar|al-Ḥizb ad-Dustūrī al-Ḥurr))'', ((literal translation|Free Constitutional Party)); ((lang-fr|link=no|Parti destourien libre)), '''PDL'''), until August 2016 known as the '''Destourian Movement''' (((lang-ar|الحركة الدستورية )) ''((transliteration|ar|al-Ḥaraka ad-Dustūrīya))''), is a [[List of political parties in Tunisia|Tunisian political party]] founded by former members of Tunisia's pre-[[Tunisian Revolution|revolution]] ruling party, the [[Constitutional Democratic Rally]]. In the [[Tunisian presidential election, 2014|2014 presidential election]], the Destourian Movement presented [[Abderrahim Zouari]], Minister of Transport from 2004 to 2011, as candidate. The party is now lead by the lawyer and [[Assembly of the Representatives of the People|MP]] [[Abir Moussi]]. Since early 2020, the party is leading in all opinion polls for the next Tunisian general elections, and its leader Abir Moussi is always second just after incumbent president [[Kais Saied]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.webdo.tn/2021/01/29/sondage-kais-saied-et-le-pdl-toujours-en-tete/#.YYXHz2DMLIU|title = Sondage : Kais Saied et le PDL toujours en tête|date = January 29, 2021))</ref> On October 3, 2023, the president of the PDL, Abir Moussi, was arrested in a series of political arrests and crackdown on the opposition launched by president Kais Saied.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.businessnews.com.tn/les-details-de-larrestation-de-abir-moussi,520,132475,3|title = Les détails de l'arrestation de Abir Moussi|date = October 4, 2023))</ref>

== History ==

The Free Destourian Party was founded by ex-prime minister Hamed Karoui on September 23, 2013, as the "destourian movement" to unite the "destourians" (supporters of the dissolved Destourian Party which governed the country for 60 years). The party participated in the [[2014 Tunisian parliamentary election|2014 elections]] but it failed to gain any seat in the new parliament, and its then-presidential candidate Abderrahim Zouari dropped off the [[2014 Tunisian presidential election|elections]] and support the candidate [[Beji Caid Essebsi]]<ref>https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/politique/pr%C3%A9sidentielle-tunisienne-qui-soutient-qui-/99513</ref> who eventually won the presidency.

In 2016, the PDL hold its founding congress, and in it, a new leadership rose among them Abir Moussi as president and Hatem Laamari as secretary-general. Right after the congress, the party changed its name to its current and adopted a new logo similar to that one of historical destourian part.

The unity of the new leadership was brought to test very soon, as the party in October 2016 dismissed Laamari from his position, just two months after his appointment in it before being outright fired from it for "management infractions"<ref>((Cite web|url=http://kapitalis.com/tunisie/2016/10/14/parti-destourien-abir-moussi-exclut-hatem-laamari/|title=Parti destourien : Abir Moussi exclut Hatem Laamari|date=October 14, 2016))</ref> After that many other leaders of the party were fired from it. Further, in 2021, they tried to regain their old positions in the party and accused Abir Moussi of authoritarianism inside the party, but failed to do any.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1193485/politique/tunisie-danciens-cadres-du-pdl-contestent-lautoritarisme-dabir-moussi/|title=Tunisie : d'Anciens cadres du PDL contestent l'autoritarisme d'Abir Moussi – Jeune Afrique))</ref>

In August 2021, the Free Destourian Party held its first electoral convention, in which party grassroots reconfirmed Abir Moussi as president of the party for a second term of five years; further, a political bureau of 16 members was also elected.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://lapresse.tn/106160/abir-moussi-reelue-a-la-tete-du-pdl/|title=Abir Moussi réélue à la tête du PDL|date=August 14, 2021))</ref> The authorities refused to allow the party to hold its convention in-person due to the [[COVID-19]] lockdown that the country was living in back then, which forced the party to hold in online, and that made it the first Tunisian party to hold its convention.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.universnews.tn/politique/le-pdl-tiendra-son-congres-les-13-et-14-aouta-distance/|title = Le PDL tiendra son congrès, les 13 et 14 août,…à distance|date = August 12, 2021))</ref> The party accused the government of using the pandemic as an excuse to crackdown on the opposition and limit its rights and freedoms.

== Political profile ==
There has been a discussion between [[political science]] scholars about the classification of the PDL with some saying that it's a [[Centre-right politics|center-right]] political party while others label it as a [[hard-right]] one. The party has disputed these labels and is describing itself as a centrist political party that has its foundations in the legacy of the founder of the Tunisian republic [[Habib Bourguiba]] also known as [[Bourguibism]]<ref>((cite web | url=https://thearabweekly.com/opinion-poll-confirms-destourian-upsurge-tunisian-legislative-landscape | title=Opinion poll confirms Destourian upsurge in Tunisian legislative landscape &#124; ))</ref> which are mainly strict [[secularism]], cultural modernity, a [[welfare state]], [[Tunisian nationalism]] (as opposed to [[Pan-Arabism]]) which consider Tunisia as closer to the West than to the [[Eastern world|East]]. The party can be considered as more liberal on cultural issues and moderate capitalist in the economic field. The party is often described as staunchly opposed to [[Islamism|Islamist movements]] in Tunisia.<ref>((cite web | url=https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2859261/free-destourian-party-fights-rid-tunisia-political-islam | title=Free Destourian Party Fights to Rid Tunisia of 'Political Islam' ))</ref> It has often called for banning the mix between religion and politics and has demanded the designation of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] and all its affiliates in Tunisia, among them the [[Ennahda]] party as [[terrorism|terrorist organizations]].<ref>((cite web | url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/north-africa/2021/06/05/Thousands-of-Tunisians-protest-against-Muslim-Brotherhood-Ghannouchi | title=Thousands of Tunisians protest against Muslim Brotherhood, Ghannouchi | date=June 5, 2021 ))</ref>

=== Political Regime ===
Since 2018, the PDL has called for reforming the [[political regime]] in Tunisia and declaring the Third Republic.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.espacemanager.com/pdl-abir-moussi-plaide-pour-linstauration-dune-3e-republique.html | title=PDL : Abir Moussi plaide pour l'instauration d'une 3e République ))</ref> The party has called for changing the political system from a [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] one as enacted by the [[Constitution of Tunisia|2014 constitution]] to a more [[presidential system]] similar to the [[1959 Constitution of Tunisia|1959 constitution]] regime but with more democratic guarantees and less attributed powers to the president.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.dw.com/fr/la-tunisie-%C3%A0-la-crois%C3%A9e-des-chemins/a-50394562 | title=La Tunisie à la croisée des chemins &#124; DW &#124; 12.09.2019 | website=[[Deutsche Welle]] ))</ref> In fact, the party has proposed its own constitution<ref>https://www.businessnews.com.tn/le-pdl-entame-lelaboration-dune-nouvelle-constitution,520,77650,3</ref> and has vowed to put it on [[referendum]] once it reaches power,<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.webdo.tn/2018/03/21/abir-moussi-reclame-nouvelle-constitution-nouveau-regime-politique/ | title=Abir Moussi réclame une nouvelle Constitution et un nouveau régime politique | date=March 21, 2018 ))</ref> in this proposed constitution, the [[President of Tunisia|president of the republic]] would have larger powers than they have now, as they would appoint the [[Prime Minister of Tunisia|prime minister]] and members of their government, and ultimately dismiss them, without need for parliamentary approval. The parliament would have control powers over the executive and would be able to withdraw confidence from the prime minister.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/802357/politique/tunisie-abir-moussi-nous-voulons-instaurer-un-regime-presidentiel/ | title=Tunisie – Abir Moussi : " Nous voulons instaurer un régime présidentiel " – Jeune Afrique ))</ref>

== Structure ==
=== President ===
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!rowspan="2"|1
|rowspan="2"|[[Hamed Karoui]]
|2013
|2016
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|colspan="2"|Hamed Karoui founded the ''Destourien Mouvement'' party in 2013 to unite all destourians and regain power, he was a [[Prime Minister of Tunisia|prime minister]] under ex-president [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali|Ben Ali]] between 1989 and 1999 and minister under [[Habib Bourguiba|Bourguiba]].
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!rowspan="2"|2
|rowspan="2"|[[Abir Moussi]]
|2016
|incumbent
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|colspan="2"|Abir took over as the president of the PDL in the party's congress 2016 and contested the [[2019 Tunisian presidential election]] and led her party in the [[2019 Tunisian parliamentary election]] where it came in third place in terms of the number of votes. She serves as a member of the [[Assembly of the Representatives of the People]] since 2019. Under her leadership, the party has risen in popularity where it has led all polls for the upcoming legislative elections since early 2020.
|}

=== Political Committee ===
Since the 2021 Congress of the party, the political committee (formally known as the ''Political [[Divan|Diwan]]'') is composed as follows:<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.realites.com.tn/2021/08/abir-moussi-reconduite-a-la-tete-du-pdl/ | title=Abir Moussi reconduite à la tête du PDL | date=August 14, 2021 ))</ref> 
* [[Thameur Saad]]
* [[Awatef Grich]]
* [[Mohamed Karim Krifa]]
* [[Samira Saihi]]
* [[Ali Bejaoui]]
* Olfa Ayachi
* [[Neji Jarrahi]]
* Mohamed Ezzeddine Abdelkafi
* [[Hajer Enneifer]]
* Samira Hadded
* Nadia Ben Romdhane
* Mohamed Ammar
* Houda Selmaoui
* Mokhtar Bartagi
* Mariem Sassi

== Election results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Election year
! # of total votes
! % of overall vote
! # of seats
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! [[2014 Tunisian parliamentary election|2014]]
| 11,403
| 0.33%
| ((Composition bar|0|217|((party color|Destourian Movement))))
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![[2019 Tunisian parliamentary election|2019]]
|189,356
|6.63%
|((Composition bar|17|217|((party color|Free Destourian Party))))
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