Saturday, January 22, 2011

End of censorship, amnesty, political reform: an air of freedom fleet to Tunis

Tunis Special Envoy - Bookstore Al-Kitab, just reopened in downtown Tunis, attracts onlookers who flock to his shop to find, clearly shown, copies of banned books: The Regent of Carthage, The Economy obedience, The Black Book of Tunisia ... Upstairs, the owner, Selma Jabber, savoring the moment and approves the event that grows beneath the windows, demanding the dissolution of the Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party of former President Zine El-Ali AbidineBen.

"Imagine," he said, after the fall of the Berlin Wall the PC remained in power. " Having reached a little further their goal - the headquarters of the RCD - the demonstrators are undertaking, this Thursday, January 20, disassemble the sign of the imposing building of power protected by army tanks.

Nearly a week after the leak of former Head of State Street in Tunis, maintains the pressure to demand the end of a party of 2.5 million members, a symbol of dictatorship suffered for twenty-three years. At the other end of town, meanwhile, the interim government is trying all costs to maintain the first cabinet of the post-Ben Ali.

The team is not complete. In an emergency, minutes before the start of the meeting is still seeking candidates. At 12 h 43, the Minister of Higher Education, Ahmed Ibrahim, Secretary General of Ettajdid (former communists), probe Bennour Mohamed, a former journalist, calling on his mobile phone.

"I thought of you for the post of Secretary of State for the Interior," he says it. Five minutes later, the firm responds by SMS: "I am not prepared to accept this position under current conditions." No way to live with the ministers of the former regime who hold the largest portfolios (interior, defense, foreign affairs, economy ...).

One of them, Zuhair M'dhaffer, Administrative Development, and considered the architect of the constitutional reform of 2002 had abolished presidential term limits and allowed the former president Ben Ali to remain in power, chose to resign. Blogger Amamou Slim, promoted to Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, continues he, to inform in real time, on his Twitter account, users of counseling content.

"It's enjoyable, he says, listen to the minister of justice read the warrant starting with the name of Ben Ali." "They do not realize the magnitude of the rejection, says the secretary general of the party Democratic Forum, Mustapha Ben Jaafar, minister resigned for health. We need a government failure.

"On the walls of the capital, graffiti have appeared:" A parliament, no president "or" Death to the RCD. "Everywhere professional RCD cells are destined to disappear. General meetings are multiplying and employees hunt bosses guilty of having compromised with the old regime. The CEO of the airline Tunisair, Nabil Chettaoui, whose name appears in a book dependent on the family Ben Ali, preferred to take the lead.

By mail, he has this message: "Given the events, Mr. Chairman and CEO is available to Toutle company personnel to respond personally and individually to all questions (.. .) regarding all decisions were taken during the four years of his administration as head of Tunisair. "Without hesitation, one employee replied:" I am surprised that Mr.

CEO suddenly cares what thinks or expects staff. (...) We are not empowered to try its management. (...) Commissions of Inquiry will be trained in this regard. "To appease the spirits, the government of Mohammed Ghannouchi announced a series of measures: return to the State of movable and immovable property of the RCD; national mourning three days in memory of protesters killed by police; general amnesty for all political prisoners; commissions of inquiry on political reform, the death toll as well as corruption.

But in his bookshop, Selma Jabbes forget anything. She said the censorship, the visa office of Political Affairs Department of the Interior that he needed for each pound imported, visiting "brigades" to undercover spy. "I was once called the Department us to sign a document prohibiting the import of books that can be harmful to the interests of Tunisia, "she recalls.

They had three boxes of archival reports on us. "Isabelle Mandraud Article published in the edition of 22.01.11

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