Tunisian Premier Acting Mohamed Ghannouchi, which the demonstrators demanded the departure, announced Sunday, February 27 evening his resignation. "I decided to resign my position as prime minister," said Mr. Ghannouchi, who took the reins of a transitional government after the fall on January 14 by President Ben Ali.
The Tunisian president Acting Fouad Mebazaa, announced shortly after the appointment as Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi Minister under Habib Bourguiba, the first president of independent Tunisia. Reputed to be a Liberal, Mr. Essebsi has held portfolios including defense and foreign affairs.
He was also chairman of the House of Representatives in 1990-1991. The resignation came after several days of protest and violence in the Tunisian capital. Five people were killed Saturday during clashes with the opposition to Tunis security forces to protesters. Speaking to reporters, Mr Ghannouchi said: "I am not the Prime Minister of repression.
(...) I'm not the kind of person who will make decisions that could cause casualties." Sunday morning, the heart of the Tunisian capital were still looks like a battlefield. Chanting anti-government slogans, protesters tried to approach in small groups of Department of the Interior, on Avenue Habib Bourguiba.
Police responded by firing into the air and tear gas. Some arrests have been very violent, witnesses said, and young demonstrators "begged" police to stop the strike. Youths hurled stones at buildings to smash the windows and had set up barricades to stop the advancing police. The clashes were quickly arrested as soon as news of the resignation of Prime Minister, an announcement which, however, was not greeted by an explosion of joy.
Since the appointment of Mr. Ghannouchi as first prime minister of the post-Ben Ali, there was virtually no one day of respite from the fall and flight of former President Ben Ali on January 14. The first team he had formed, including the heavyweights of the old regime, has not held two weeks.
After five days of events under his windows, he had thrown in the towel on January 27 and formed a new team redacted, while saving his head. The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, has welcomed the appointment of Beji Caid Essebsi and welcomed the elections to be provided "before mid-July," while hoping that "the transition government "can" ensure rapid and smooth transition.
" But this appointment "fast and without consultation has been a surprise," said the head of the powerful General Union of Tunisian Workers, Ali Ben Romdhane. "How can we make sure the deal you want to get out of Tunisia about the difficult situation when the president does not give at least twenty-four hours for consultations on the appointment of a prime minister, whatever ? "asked the union. 
The Tunisian president Acting Fouad Mebazaa, announced shortly after the appointment as Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi Minister under Habib Bourguiba, the first president of independent Tunisia. Reputed to be a Liberal, Mr. Essebsi has held portfolios including defense and foreign affairs.
He was also chairman of the House of Representatives in 1990-1991. The resignation came after several days of protest and violence in the Tunisian capital. Five people were killed Saturday during clashes with the opposition to Tunis security forces to protesters. Speaking to reporters, Mr Ghannouchi said: "I am not the Prime Minister of repression.
(...) I'm not the kind of person who will make decisions that could cause casualties." Sunday morning, the heart of the Tunisian capital were still looks like a battlefield. Chanting anti-government slogans, protesters tried to approach in small groups of Department of the Interior, on Avenue Habib Bourguiba.
Police responded by firing into the air and tear gas. Some arrests have been very violent, witnesses said, and young demonstrators "begged" police to stop the strike. Youths hurled stones at buildings to smash the windows and had set up barricades to stop the advancing police. The clashes were quickly arrested as soon as news of the resignation of Prime Minister, an announcement which, however, was not greeted by an explosion of joy.
Since the appointment of Mr. Ghannouchi as first prime minister of the post-Ben Ali, there was virtually no one day of respite from the fall and flight of former President Ben Ali on January 14. The first team he had formed, including the heavyweights of the old regime, has not held two weeks.
After five days of events under his windows, he had thrown in the towel on January 27 and formed a new team redacted, while saving his head. The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, has welcomed the appointment of Beji Caid Essebsi and welcomed the elections to be provided "before mid-July," while hoping that "the transition government "can" ensure rapid and smooth transition.
" But this appointment "fast and without consultation has been a surprise," said the head of the powerful General Union of Tunisian Workers, Ali Ben Romdhane. "How can we make sure the deal you want to get out of Tunisia about the difficult situation when the president does not give at least twenty-four hours for consultations on the appointment of a prime minister, whatever ? "asked the union.
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