" ... The Salvation Front is a coalition of more than a dozen opposition parties that came together after the murder of prominent secularist politician Mohamed Brahmi on July 25, six months after another leftist figure was gunned down. Opposition leaders have said they had no interest in reconciliation with Ennahda and have demanded it step down. Ennahda’s party chief Rachid Ghannouchi told Reuters in interview that the party was open to dialogue but that removing Prime Minister Ali Larayedh or dissolving the Constituent Assembly were out of the question, and he challenged the opposition to a referendum to decide the matter. Tunisia is the birthplace of the “Arab Spring” revolts across the Middle East that began with a 2011 uprising that toppled autocratic leader Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali ... "
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 22:15:53 +0000
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