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Tunisia: Mohsen Marzouk Calls for New Government to Save Democratic Gain

The leader of MPT (Machrou3 Pour la Tunisie) Mohsen Marzouk Tuesday called for the emergence of a new cabinet as he argued on his facebook account that the government of Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has failed in all aspects. “What we call «government of national unity» headed by Youssef Chahed is over on all plans, […]

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Tunisia: Presidency Slams Meeting between Mohsen Marzouk & Khalifa Haftar

Tension has flared up between the Tunisian Presidency and Machrou Tounes party after a delegation of the party led by leader Mohsen Marzouk met with Libya’s military veteran Khalifa Haftar in what turned out to be parallel diplomacy according to the presidency. Marzouk, a former strong ally of the Tunisian President, met Wednesday with the […]

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Tunisia: Dissident Marzouk names his new party

Former Secretary General of ruling party Nidaa Tounes Mohsen Marzouk Tuesday announced the name of his new party and date of its press conference, reports say. The new party is according to Tunisian newspaper ”Tunisie Numerique” called “Path of reconstruction” and will hold a conference on January 7 in a move to announce the date […]

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Tunisia: Nidaa Tounes weathering as 31 MPs resign

After deciding last Wednesday to suspend their membership in Nidaa Tounes, the 31 members of parliament (MP) on Monday resigned from the party and vowed to form an independent group “to protest the non-democratic way in which the party has been managed” said Hassouna Nasfi, one of the protesting deputies. The resignation will reduce the […]

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Tunisia: 12 November meeting to decide Nidaa Tounes future

Tunisian ruling party Nidaa Tounes is on the verge of losing its majority in parliament after 30 of its 86 MPs suspended their membership to the party and threatened to “leave the parliamentary bloc” ahead of the party Executive Committee’s November 12 meeting. The group had boycotted a meeting of the party’s constitutive authority on […]