After twenty-two years of exile, Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Islamist movement Ennahda, returned to Tunisia on Sunday, where several thousand people awaited. At Tunis airport, he was greeted by a packed crowd who sang the national anthem and shouted his "pride Islamic recovered. "I'm not going for the presidency, and there will be no (candidate) member of al-Nahda," said the leader of the Islamist movement, in an interview with the.
It is, however, remained vague about the involvement of al-Nahda laws, which should theoretically be organized, as the presidential election, within about six months. "After 20 years of absence, my party is not ready to play a role in the political arena, the priority is to rebuild Ennahda, "he said.
He did not exclude a possible participation in the transition team was set up after the flight of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on January 14, after four weeks of an unprecedented revolt to which the Islamists have mostly attended by spectators. "If we feel that the government meets the expectations of those who took part in this revolution, so why not?" He said. 
It is, however, remained vague about the involvement of al-Nahda laws, which should theoretically be organized, as the presidential election, within about six months. "After 20 years of absence, my party is not ready to play a role in the political arena, the priority is to rebuild Ennahda, "he said.
He did not exclude a possible participation in the transition team was set up after the flight of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on January 14, after four weeks of an unprecedented revolt to which the Islamists have mostly attended by spectators. "If we feel that the government meets the expectations of those who took part in this revolution, so why not?" He said.
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