TUNIS — More than 3,000 Tunisians, led by the father
of an assassinated opposition figure, joined a protest that started as a
demonstration against what they described as a “slow” investigation
into the death.
The protest, organized on social networks in the country that launched the Arab Spring, quickly turned into a rallying cry against the ruling Islamist party and the country’s economic troubles.
Chokri Belaid was shot four times outside his home on Feb. 6, throwing the country into political turmoil as many Tunisians held the government responsible for his death.
The prime minister resigned, and the ruling Islamist Ennahadha named Ali Larayedh, interior minister, to take his place.
Belaid’s father, Salah, led Saturday’s protest.
On Thursday, the interior minister announced several arrests in the death, without providing much details.
Meanwhile,thousands also protested against the prime minister-designate Larayedh.
President Moncef Marzouki asked Larayedh to form a government on Friday.
Outgoing prime minister Hamadi Jebali resigned Tuesday because Ennahda rejected his plan for an apolitical technocrat cabinet to prepare for elections.
Larayedh, the new premier-designate, is controversial because opposition secularists accuse the Interior Ministry which he headed of failing to curb Islamist violence.
About 3000 secularists flocked to the capital’s main street Habib Bourguiba raising banners hostile to the Ennahda party and Larayedh.
They chanted “Larayedh out” and “The people want to bring down the regime”. — Reuters
The protest, organized on social networks in the country that launched the Arab Spring, quickly turned into a rallying cry against the ruling Islamist party and the country’s economic troubles.
Chokri Belaid was shot four times outside his home on Feb. 6, throwing the country into political turmoil as many Tunisians held the government responsible for his death.
The prime minister resigned, and the ruling Islamist Ennahadha named Ali Larayedh, interior minister, to take his place.
Belaid’s father, Salah, led Saturday’s protest.
On Thursday, the interior minister announced several arrests in the death, without providing much details.
Meanwhile,thousands also protested against the prime minister-designate Larayedh.
President Moncef Marzouki asked Larayedh to form a government on Friday.
Outgoing prime minister Hamadi Jebali resigned Tuesday because Ennahda rejected his plan for an apolitical technocrat cabinet to prepare for elections.
Larayedh, the new premier-designate, is controversial because opposition secularists accuse the Interior Ministry which he headed of failing to curb Islamist violence.
About 3000 secularists flocked to the capital’s main street Habib Bourguiba raising banners hostile to the Ennahda party and Larayedh.
They chanted “Larayedh out” and “The people want to bring down the regime”. — Reuters
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