Tunisia Suspends, May Dissolve RCD

Tunisia's Interim Government has suspended the former ruling party, the Constitutinal Democratic Rally (RCD), and may dissolve it.

Normally, banning political parties seems a move against democratization. The RCD was no ordinary party, however. Ultimately the creation of Habib Bourguiba, it had undergone several name changes but remained an all-pervasive party with its tendrils reaching into neighborhoods, workplaces, and virtually every aspect of life.