Thursday, February 7, 2013

Tunisia's Ruling Islamist Party Rejects Proposal To Dissolve The Government



Tunisia Violence Continues As PM's Party Rejects Change Of Government -- The Guardian

Islamist Ennahda party appears split over Hamdi Jebali's move in wake of opposition leader Chokri Belaid's assassination

Tunisia's Islamists have rejected a plan by their party chief and prime minister to change the government after unrest erupted over the killing of an opposition leader, deepening the country's worst crisis since the revolution in 2011.

Police fired teargas to disperse renewed demonstrators near the interior ministry in Tunis and stone-throwing youths in the southern town of Gafsa.

Union leaders are planning a general strike on Friday, which could also be the day of assassinated secular politician Chokri Belaid's funeral, prompting fears of further violence.

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More News On Tunisia's Political Crisis After The Assassination Of It's Opposition Leader

Petrol bombs and tear gas: Tunisia hit by fresh protests -- The Telegraph
Strike called over Tunisia killing -- Al Jazeera
Tunisian Islamists disown PM over move to defuse crisis -- Reuters
Tunisian politician shot dead outside home sparking fears of an Islamic takeover in nation which started the Arab Spring -- Daily Mail
Tunisian Islamists reject plans to dismiss government -- The Telegraph
Tunisia's Ruling Islamist Party Rejects Government Dissolution -- Voice of America
Tunisia Islamist party rejects gov't dissolution -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
Ruling Islamists split over deepening Tunisia crisis -- Global Post/AFP
Tunisia’s ruling party rejects proposal to dissolve government -- Washington Post
Tunisia gripped by political uncertainty after killing -- CNN
New Uncertainty Grips Tunisia After Assassination -- New York Times
Tunisia political crisis deepens after assassination -- BBC
Tunisia crisis deepens after opposition leader's slaying -- CBC/AP
Tunisia's double blow: political assassination, government dissolution
-- John Thorne, Christian Science Monitor

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