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Tunisian Prime Minister Essid appearing before the Parliament for a hearing over the social situation prevailing in the country called on all segments of Tunisia to support the government in finding solutions to unemployment, main reason of social riots that shook the country over the past two weeks. Habib Essid said that the issue of […]
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 […]
Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki Sunday launched his new party and charged the Tunisian ruling party Nidaa Tounes for plunging the country into abyss and making empty promises. The 70 years old man at the conference told his supporters that the new party comes at the moment the country is nose-diving in all sectors of […]
The 31 members of the ruling Nidaa Tounes party have finally decided to quit the party on Sunday after suspending their membership. All efforts, including those of President Beji Cadi Essebsi, to keep them within the party proved fruitless. The head of the 31 deputies, Bochra Belhaj Hmida, said the group will be resigning from […]
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 […]
Tunisia’s coalition government led by Nidaa Tounes is fragilized as internal tensions continue to increase within the ruling party that won in last year elections 85 of the 217 parliament seats. Lazhar Akremi, a founding member of the party hinted that around 35 of the party’s Members of Parliament are planning to breakaway and form […]
Outgoing Tunisian Minister of Justice rejected Tuesday the Prime Minister’s account of his sacking saying that he was fired because he refused to attend a Parliamentary session that was to approve a new justice draft law. According to the Prime Minister’s office, the Tunisian Justice Minister, Mohamed Salah Ben Aissa, was fired on Thursday for […]
The Tunisian Parliament has met on the 4th februry for the vote of confidence to the new government and its newly appointed prime minister, Habib Essid, who has announced an inclusive coalition government whose members include representatives of the Islamist Ennahda (69 seats in paliament), party and the winner of legislative, Nidaa Tounès (86 seats). […]
Tunisians have voted on Sunday to elect their president without any major incident that could have obstructed the election. Nidaa Tounes has already claimed victory ahead of the announcement of the results by the electoral commission. The election is termed as being the first time Tunisians elect their president in freely and fairly since attaining […]
Despite warnings that the crucial parliamentary elections could be sabotaged by jihadist groups, Tunisians came out in their numbers to vote. The process which was peaceful throughout the country is being hailed as a very important step towards democracy. Official results are not yet announced but Ennahda has already admitted that it has lost to […]