The creation of the Congress for the Republic was declared in 2001,  it was aimed to install a republican form of government but it was banned during the Ben Ali presidency.
It was created in 2001, but legalised only after the 2011 Tunisian revolution. The CPR declared that it was aimed to install a republican form of government "for the first time"in Tunisia, including freedom of speech, freedom of association, and the holding of "free, honest" elections, "guaranteed by national and international observers able to genuinely check all levels of the electoral process". In 2002, during the Ben Ali presidency, the CPR was banned. 
