|
Tunisia opposition seeks no-confidence vote against Islamist ruling coalition
 [Al Ahram] Tunisian opposition parties are seeking to achieve a vote of no-confidence within the National Constituent Assembly, following the recent festivities between protesters and police in the southwestern town of Siliana.Opposition parties will present a formal note of objection to pave the way for this step, and to express their rejection of the coalition's failure to fulfill the basic demands of the nation and handle the recent protests that have erupted in response. Anti-government members of the assembly had walked out of a session last Friday, protesting the absence of Prime Minister Hamadi Al-Jebali from the discussion about Siliana's political unrest. MP Mohamed Al-Baroudi pointed out that the no-confidence bid seeks to impose pressure on the government to respond to the popular demonstrations which express anger about Tunisia's growing political and economic problems. The Islamic Ennahda Movement won the country's first free elections in October 2011 following Tunisia's revolution, which set off last year's "Arab Spring" uprisings. The movement heads a government that also includes two secular parties, the Congress for the Republic and the Ettakatol. The coalition holds a comfortable majority of 139 seats in the 217-member body. The Constituent Assembly elected Moncef Marzouki as president in December 2011 to follow Zine Al-Abidine, who was ousted as president in January 2011 after weeks of protests. Posted by: Fred 2012-12-05 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=357400 |