Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Three ministers resigned from the new unity government between new protests Tunisian

Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghanuchi, said this morning on French radio Europe 1 that "all parties will be allowed to participate" in the elections to be held within two months "equal", yes provided that "meet the rules required by electoral law." "As of today, there is a strict separation between state and party", has promised the prime minister, who remains in the position he held with the dictator, the Abidinde Zine Ben Ali, fled on Friday after three weeks of riots .

However, this openness does not apply, for now, the Islamists. Rachid Ghanuchi fundamentalist leader, in exile in London, you can not back that "if there is a law of amnesty" to erase his life sentence imposed in 1992 and is now preparing the Executive of national unity. Among the first measures announced yesterday by the new transitional government promised Ghanuchi will release all political prisoners through an amnesty law, legalize all political parties upon request and investigate anyone suspected of corruption or have amassed a fortune under the old regime.

With or without the presence of Islamists Ghanuchi Rashid expressed his desire to return to Tunisia just know the flight of Ben Ali, Ganuchi is confident in being able to celebrate an election "free, transparent, controlled by an independent commission and international observers. " It is not known the weight of Islam in Tunisia, since the movements led by Ghanuchi as the Renaissance Party was outlawed 20 years ago.

In Tunisian jails, according to Human Rights Watch reported last year, 800 young people convicted of shared ideas with radical Islamic groups, but it is known, are not part of terrorist groups. 78 dead in riots in an attempt to defuse the protests of the Tunisians, who yesterday afternoon criticizing its composition in the streets hours before the official announcement and today continue to show their rejection of new protests, has defended today Ghanuchi Executive national unity, in which six of the portfolios are held by members of the former regime, three have gone to the opposition and the Culture, a filmmaker.

Ghanuchi has ensured that its members have chosen the "interest of the country." The three ministers outside the apparatus of the dictatorship are the leaders of only three opposition parties legal. Although few in number has disappointed the expectations of much of the population, is the first time in the history of Tunisia historic leaders of the opposition forces tolerated by the regime of Ben Ali enter the government.

Two of these parties are not even represented in parliament and the third has only two deputies. Furthermore, it has included representatives of unions and social movements. In an interview with Europe 1, Ghanuchi also promised that the courts take those responsible for the repression of recent days that have killed at least 78 people.

In this regard, Amnesty International has demanded that human rights are the "highest priority" in the new political process in Tunisia "after 23 years of attacks on freedom" and demanded that security forces are no longer a "instrument of repression." The promises and explanations of Ghanuchi not seem to convince the protagonists of the rebellion, still protesting in the streets.

Police have repressed this morning dozens of protests in different parts of the Tunisian capital against the composition of the new government. In the popular avenue Habib Bourguiba, in the center, about a hundred people have tried to form an expression that has been dissolved within minutes by police with tear gas.

The protesters dispersed into the adjacent streets pursued by dozens of police officers, who have also charged them with batons, though no shots were heard. At the same time, other parts of the capital, scores of spontaneous protests and rallies against the new government have also been dissolved by the riot police.

A group of hundreds of protesters had gathered outside the gates of the cathedral of Tunis, at the end of the avenue Bourguiba and the police have also charged on them. At the moment, chaos reigns again at the center of the city, where clouds of tear gas were observed in several areas, flown by police helicopter.

Numerous Internet sites and social networks Tunisians call to demonstrate against the presence of members of the Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD), the president's party fled in key positions of the new government. Twelve of the 19 new Cabinet ministers are members of the RCD. The hundreds of people trying to manifest through the city shouting slogans against the new government and demanded the dissolution of the RCD.

Illegal opposition parties, mainly Islamists and communists, today also strongly criticized the composition of the executive transition and also summoned to appear for the Tunisians.

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