Fountain Square to the innocent in Paris, irregular rain that falls at the end of the day, Thursday, Jan. 6, did not prevent about 250 demonstrators attend a rally in support of the Tunisian people. "We are here to affirm our solidarity with our colleagues in Tunisia," said a student came here with his brother and a friend."What happens is a blessing in disguise, he says, he had rabies so that one day." A mother tells her family on the ground are not affected by the crackdown, but said he was very worried about what it means. She does not understand the tragic fate of Mohamed Bouazizi, the young man's suicide by fire, Dec.
17, is behind the unrest. He died Tuesday night. "He was a graduate, yet he could not find work, like so many other young people in Tunisia." The claims are wider, they go beyond just the social aspect. Three young women say they are here against the dictatorship. "This is not normal that Ben Ali was reelected every five years with 99.9% of the vote." One of her friends takes it and quipped: "There is progress now, the latest poll gave him 96 %..." All three are proud of the protest movement.
"Our support here in Europe will help a lot. In general, social movements are too quickly repressed. "One of the young present at the gathering was born and spent his tank at Sidi Bouzid, where the riots began. There were Dec. 18, a day after the onset of disorders . He wondered what was going on.
"I was shocked, I thought I was in Baghdad. There were tires and garbage burning on the roads. I have an hour and a half to get home from the station, I usually put a half-hour ... "Once apprised of the situation by his mother and his friends, he himself participated events, which he calls guerrilla between youth and police.
"It's sad, but great changes are happening like that. It's like the French Revolution ", said the student. The new generation is driving the movement. It seeks to free itself of a power that does not leave enough room for him." Young people should participate the social and political life.
They must take their share, "said a protester whose sentiment is shared by all here. A lawyer considers that the first purpose of the event is to break the wall of fear." The opposition is fragmented, weakened but there is perhaps be at an end of reign. The result will probably be a split within the ruling party.
A clan monopolized all the riches of the country, it can not continue. "Like all interlocutors met Franco-Tunisian, this lawyer will not give his name. Too risky for them, if they hope to go again in Tunisia, and also for their families left behind. They fear too much pressure. The Tunisian authorities have banned access to the site bbc.
fr. Guillaume Clerc
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