Several measures have been taken to promote pluralism and democracy in Tunisia .

•  Amendment of the constitution (1988)

Suppression of presidency for life and of automatic succession to the Presidency of the Republic, in order to consolidate popular sovereignty.

•  Promulgation of the law defining the legal status of the political parties (1988)

•  Amendment of the Electoral Code : in 1988, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2000 and 2003 .

Pluralism was introduced to the Chamber of Deputies by the 1994 legislative elections. This pluralist choice was consolidated by the promulgation of the organic law 1998-93 dated November 6, 1998, modifying and completing certain provisions of the Electoral Code. This reform allowed the opposition parties to have at least 20% of the total number of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, following the legislative elections of October 1999.

•  Promulgation of the law 97-48 of July 21, 1997 : This law pertained to the public financing of political parties, in order to consolidate their resources and guarantee the accomplishment of their political role. This law came to reinforce the measures already provided for by the Electoral Code concerning the financing of the election campaign of candidates to the Presidency of the Republic, to the Chamber of Deputies and to Municipal Councils. This financing takes the form of advance payments, reimbursement of expenses or the State's bearing of the costs of printing ballot papers (Electoral Code).

•  Promulgation of the constitutional law 1997-65 of October 27, 1997 : amending some articles of the constitution and completing some of their provisions. The amendments consecrate political parties and the multi-party system in the constitution, define the role of parties, the conditions of their creation and the democratic principles governing their activities. They also widen the scope of the referendum, the mechanism of direct expression of popular sovereignty, to the lowering of the minimum age of candidacy to the Chamber of Deputies, which was brought down to 23 years, as well as to the right to candidacy to the Chamber of Deputies to all any citizen of a Tunisian mother. This measure came to consecrate equality between men and women, knowing that the right to candidacy was, up to then, exclusively enjoyed by Tunisians of Tunisian fathers.