The Chief of Staff of the Army Tunisia, General Rashid Ammar, spoke on Monday 24 January, for the first time, promising the crowd that the army was "the guarantor of the revolution" and that it "will not leave the framework of the Constitution." "The national army has protected and protect the people and country," he said during an impromptu intervention before hundreds of demonstrators in the Casbah district, the seat of political power in Tunis."We are faithful to the Constitution. We protect the Constitution. We will not get out of this framework," he added, using a loudspeaker, a few leaves on hand. General Ammar was unknown to the general public until some media reports that Tunisian undergoing a revolution was fired by President Ben Ali for refusing to pull its troops on protesters who opposed the regime.
He enjoys today as the army was very popular in Tunisia. The Chief of Staff called on the demonstrators, including many young people from disadvantaged provinces and rebels from the center of the country, to raise the siege of the offices of prime minister, they began Sunday and continued Monday, defying the covers fire.
"Our revolution, your revolution, the revolution of youth, she may be lost, others may recover. There are forces that require vacuum, the power vacuum. The vacuum creates terror that breeds dictatorship, "warned General Ammar." Your requests are legitimate. But I would like this place is empty, so that the government works, this government or another, "he said, avoiding too explicit support to the current transition cabinet, challenged daily by the street since its formation.
"In these buildings, there are ministers and the Prime Minister, but there are also civil servants who work in the interests of the people and country. Let them work! "He asked, while in the morning, groups of youths tried to attack officers who left the offices of prime minister." Long live the army! "Shouted several occasions the demonstrators.
A voice was high but if you insist: "The people want a civilian government!" The crowd sang the national anthem after the speech of the general, who has spent a reassuring tone and displayed its proximity with people using the Tunisian dialect, as did President Ben Ali in his last televised speech late and appeasement, and repeatedly calling the protesters "my children".
By refusing to fire on the people in revolt, the Tunisian army, albeit modest at just 35,000 men, has played a crucial role to oust the former head of state, yet emerged from its ranks, but favored the police.
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