Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Cabinet reshuffle in the wake of riots in Tunisia

The incident provoked a wave of protests in the region of Sidi Bouzid. / Le Tunisian President Zine El-Ali AbidineBen conducted Wednesday, December 29 at a partial reshuffle in the wake of violent protests by unemployed youth in cities across the country, announced his Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi.

Samir Labib, who was Minister of Youth and Sports supports communications. He sold his department Abdelhamid Salama. As part of this redesign, Kamel Omran was appointed minister of religious affairs, replacing Boubaker El-Akhzouri. Slimane Ourak was appointed minister of commerce and crafts to replace Ridha Ben Mosbah Abdelwaheb Jmal and was appointed Secretary of State at the Foreign Minister for European Affairs.


Un earlier in the day, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP, legal opposition) called for the resignation of ministers of interior and communications, responsible for judging the deterioration of the situation following the social unrest of Sidi Bouzid. There are about ten days, a young peddler of fruits and vegetables that had their goods confiscated by the municipal police, not having the necessary permissions, tried to end his life in sacrifice by the fire.

President Ben Ali visited Mohammed Al-Bouazzizi his hospital bed on December 28. / TUNISIA PRESIDENCY This incident had caused a wave of protests in the region for agriculture and where unemployment is high. Violent clashes took place between demonstrators and officers of the police, leaving one dead, two wounded and material damage.

The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) denounced on that occasion the "media blockade" that accompanied the news coverage of Sidi Bouzid. This is the second time this year that the Tunisian President editing his government in January, he had appointed new ministers of finance, defense and foreign affairs.

Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 6:56 PM

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