In the last years of President Zine Abedine Ben Ali’s rule (1987-2011), visitors to the metropolis of Tunis were undeniably struck by an omnipresent cult of authority, in the form of posters, flags, statues and political messages. Tunisians citizens themselves negotiated the political cluttering of space through avoidance, dismissal or subtle parody. A day before the January 14th, 2011 Jasmine Revolution, however, images and videos started circulating via the internet, depicting ordinary citizens tearing down, slashing and burning super-sized posters of ex-President Ben Ali, destroying naïve statues of the Number 7 symbolizing the day Ben Ali came to power in November of 1987, while military vehicles drove over photos of the ex-leader scattered on the boulevards of Tunis. The dramatic destruction of the iconographic display of political power by ordinary citizens, constitutes and important political practice and symbolizes widespread sentiments vis-à-vis the former leader and his authoritarian politics. Historically, inhabitants of Tunis have constructed and contested the city through diverse practices, yet the recent destruction of a pervasive cult of authority constitutes an important contemporary political act, one that marks the onset of ordinary citizens reclaiming the city’s space, place and politics. As mundane contentious politics such as the public devastation of Ben Ali’s cult of personality became enmeshed in large scale protests, less attention is paid to the initial daring and emotional political acts. Days before the Jasmine Revolution, such public acts were deemed both criminal and unthinkable. Based on primary research to be conducted in Tunis (summer of 2011), this paper will link post-revolutionary political questions, such as the upcoming June 2011 election to the spatial-political void left by the destruction of the cult of personality. Whether serving as new advertising space or location for election campaigning, the un-cluttering of public space in Tunis reveals a new political dynamic, one in which ordinary citizens can reconstruct their city and redefine the rules of the political game.