Tunisian Thousands take to the streets shouting "Out Ben Ali!"

Thousands of people have taken today the streets of downtown Tunis, the Tunisian capital, calling for the output of which is the country's president for 23 years, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. With shouts of "Out Ben Ali," "Thank you, but enough is enough", "Either we kill or leave, but here is not negotiable", tens of thousands of people have marched and concentrated outside the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior, Habib Bourguiba Avenue.

After several hours of concentration, the police started using tear gas and has charged the protesters, who have dissolved concentration. Demanding an end to the regime of Ali, who yesterday made a new attempt, unsuccessful, to what is seen, containing a month of protests against corruption and unemployment that has claimed dozens of lives.

Ben Ali promised greater freedom, reductions in the price of food and commodities and, especially, announced that it would opt for a sixth term in 2014. But his ad, again, have had no effect. The withdrawal of the president, which was followed by an evening of popular celebrations despite the curfew imposed on Wednesday, has not served to prevent thousands of people have returned this morning from the street again, after nearly a month of protests that have cost the lives of between 23-official figure-and 66-figure of the opposition people.

Neither served to stop the violence, since, according to medical sources quoted by France Presse, 13 people were killed in the Tunisian capital and its surroundings during clashes with the security forces after the presidential speech. The agency cut the fatality count to 12 police shootings, of which ten have been confirmed by two sources of a Tunisian hospital and the other two belong to an eyewitness account of the clashes with police.

It is unclear, according to that agency, if the use of weapons took place before or after the message in which Ben Ali said he had given orders not to open fire. It was nine o'clock this morning when he started a new march in central Tunisia. First we have collected some thousands of people at the headquarters of the prestigious UGTT union then has grown to incorporate more demonstrators to gather tens of thousands of people.

After three quarters of an hour, have become the main avenue of the city, Habib Bourguiba, where the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior. They have faced a police cordon and they have exceeded. The protesters do not trust the president and what he said yesterday, is called "murderer"-in French to everyone understands, and ask that freedom and Trabelsi, the family of the first lady, to be tried.

"No Ben Ali," chanted the protesters, adding that "the revolt continues." Say, without stopping to sing the national anthem, "or they kill us or leave, but here is not negotiable." For several hours, protesters have focused peacefully, even with the police. However, after two pm (CET Spanish) police have begun to disperse the demonstrators with charges and tear gas.

During protests, unprecedented, dozens of people have been killed by official repression, which has only further arouse the spirits of a country tired of corruption, nepotism and high unemployment. In fact, the incident began when, on 17 December, a young graduate who sold vegetables were set on fire outside a government building in Sidi Bouziz after slapping a police officer and you withdrew the permission to sell.

He died on 6 January. On other occasions during this crisis, opponents of the president have ignored their promises. Since last Monday, Ben Ali promised before the cameras to create 300,000 jobs for young people by 2012. On Wednesday, he dismissed the Interior Minister, responsible for the brutal suppression of the revolt, announced a commission of inquiry into corruption and ordered the release of all detainees in the protests.

Sirivió anything: after his speech yesterday, thousands of people defied the curfew, which came into force at 20.00 and during the night, Ben Ali has held that the expiration date. Demonstrations are taking place in other regions, such as Kairouan, in the center of the country or the capital of the mining area of Gafsa, in the southwest.

Also in the west and central regions Kaserín, Fabric and Sidi Bouse, thousands of people took to the streets to demand the resignation of the president but so far police have registered charges, reports EFE. Ben Ali announced early elections would not run for re-election, scheduled for 2014, but some do not rule out that the elections are ahead.

This was said today, for example, Foreign Minister Kamel Morjane, which also calls for the formation of a government of national unity. Not only is "feasible" but also "normal," he said. Speaking to French radio station Europe 1, Morjane has said that holding early general elections from now is a possibility before the next presidential election.

"The president has spoken directly since it has decided to create a commitment that we will propose a revision of the electoral code. He said that there will be no parallel elections, legislative and presidential elections, and has therefore accepted the principle of holding elections (legislative) before the presidential elections of 2014.

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