The Tunisian government of national unity has decided to recognize all banned political movements and an amnesty for all political prisoners. These are the measures taken by the first cabinet of the new cabinet, weakened by the resignations of ministers and the frond of the street. This bill amnesty will also cover the Islamist party banned Ennahdha.The Prime Minister, Mohammed Ghannouchi, had already announced on Monday, among other measures of democratization, that all political parties who will require legalized. Banned under the regime of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the party announced Tuesday he would seek its legalization.
Founded in 1981 by intellectuals inspired by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Ennahdha (Renaissance) was initially tolerated, including the regime of President Ben Ali came to power in 1987. But after the 1989 elections, which the Islamists had presented a list of "independent" and had recorded a score of 17%, its activists have been persecuted and imprisoned.
The government also decreed three days of national mourning, from Friday, "in memory of victims of recent events," said the spokesman of the government, Taieb Baccouche. Over one hundred people were killed in violence in Tunisia over the past five weeks, according to information compiled by the UN on the spot.
After this loss, "next week", the coursreprendront in schools and universities, said the spokesman. The government of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ordered the closure "until further order" of schools and universities across the country on January 10, in full revolt against his rule.
The cabinet should also address the issue of separation of state and the Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD), the all-powerful party that controls all the workings of power. Fouad Mebazaa pledged Wednesday to "a complete break with the past", and all government ministers RCD members have left the training.
The RCD has also announced the dissolution of its supreme body, the politburo, due to the resignation of several of its members. But for now, these gestures were not enough to calm the protesters, who are always asking the government to resign. All members of government were present at this first council, except the five who resigned between Tuesday and Thursday: Three trade unionists, an opposition leader and a minister of the former regime.
This government is to prepare within six months of presidential and legislative elections "free and democratic", after the fall of the authoritarian regime of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The latter fled the country Friday, January 14 and took refuge in Saudi Arabia, following a month of unprecedented popular revolt, during which a hundred people were killed.
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