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Following the suspension of the Constitution of 1 June 1959 by the legislative decree of 23 March 2011 on the provisional organisation of public authorities, the government dealt with day-to-day business by means of decrees.Institutional Law No. 88-32 of 3 May 1988 on the organisation of political parties and Law No. 97-48 of 21 July 1997 on the funding of political parties were repealed by Legislative Decree no. 2011-87 of 24 September 2011 on the organisation of political parties. This legislative decree guarantees the freedom to set up political parties, to join them and to conduct activities within them. Its purpose is to enshrine the freedom to organise politically, while supporting and promoting political pluralism and consolidating the principle of transparency in the management of political parties.