Sunday, May 8, 2011

Tnez curfew after several days of rioting in the capital

The Tunisian Government to reinstate a curfew in the capital, which had been lifted on February 15, from nine pm to five am, announced in a joint statement last night the ministries of Interior and Defense. With this action seeking to end "violence and looting" that took place from Thursday on the outskirts of the capital, especially in the neighborhood of Ethadamen where some shops were looted and burned several vehicles.

Also in the center and there were riots in other cities, as Gabes and Sidi Bouzid, the epicenter of the revolution that ended the dictatorship on 14 January. "Tunisian People Rebel!", "Government resign!", "A by a new revolution!" Chanted the young, called through Facebook, on streets where there were clashes with riot hard for those who also 15 journalists were victims, they were beaten.

The Interior Ministry has apologized to them. Farhat Rajhi, Prime Minister of the Interior of "jasmine revolution" is responsible in large part, this new revolt. He gave an interview to a Tunisian blogger, Ben Salah Hamdi, it released on Thursday by the social network Facebook. Rajhi, 58, is reputed to be an honest and frank.

"If the Islamist movement Ennahda (Renaissance) wins the next election [July 24] the system will be military," he predicted Rajhi. "The people of the coast are not willing to relinquish power and if the elections do not go as they want to be a coup," he added. He was referring to the followers of President Ben Ali, who fled the country for almost four months, and who is originally from the coastal city of Sousse.

"The prime minister [Beji Caïd Essebsi] lies," he said Rajhi referring to the official version says that he resigned as interior minister. It was rather forced to do so when he tried to renew the leadership of the government department that was in tune with the times. After his dismissal Rajhi was appointed by the Head of State, Fouad Mebazza, head of a commission to ensure respect for human rights, but now it is removed because of the interview with the blogger.

In the eyes of the Tunisian Ministry of Defense "the words [of Rajhi] represent a great danger to the revolution of the Tunisian people and the country's security." In a statement released Friday gives even suggested that he might report you to justice. Despite this strong denial by 33.9% of Tunisians lends credence to the warning of former minister while for 33.1% lack it, according to a survey by Sigma.

Whether or not his prediction credibility has become a major topic of controversy in a country whose middle classes seem highly concerned about a hypothetical Ennahda victory in the first democratic elections.

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