Tunisia: Hamadi Jebali refuses renewal as the head of the government Outgoing Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali declined on Thursday an invitation by his ruling Ennahdha party to head a new coalition government. His refusal comes two days after he officially announced his resignation to the press..
Talks with the leader of Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi were not successful and on Thursday, former Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali declined the offer of renewing his mandateas primeminister . In an Enhadda statement, announcing that Hamadi Jebali apologized to Ennhada for not being able to accept their offer to be the party's candidate for the post of head of government, Ennahdha stated that they were conducting consultations to present another Islamist candidate for prime minister,TAP reported Mr Jebali continues to be general secretary of Enhadda and indicated that he will conduct internal consultations with its partners and present to the President of the Republic a candidate for prime minister before the end o |
Constituent Assembly Approves Prime Minister-Designate’s Proposed Cabinet The proposed cabinet of Tunisian Prime Minister-Designate Ali Laarayedh received this afternoon the approval of a majority of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA). 139 NCA members approved and 45 rejected Laarayedh’s new government while 13 abstained from voting. In total, 20 members were absent from today’s voting session. Laarayedh submitted yesterday the list of ministers to NCA members [...]The post Constituent Assembly Approves Prime Minister-Designate’s Proposed Cabinet appeared first on Tunisia Live. |
Survey Finds Low Levels of Trust for Political Leaders As the composition of the new government is set to be announced Friday, a recent poll by market research company Sigma Conseil sheds some light on the current political attitudes of Tunisians. The survey’s most significant finding was that Tunisians expressed low levels of trust in political leaders. Out of the poll’s 1,616 participants, 59% [...]The post Survey Finds Low Levels of Trust for Political Leaders appeared first on Tunisia Live. |
Hamadi Jebali announces resignation Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has announced that he had presented his resignation to the President of the Republic, asserting, however, that he "is ready to remain at the service of the people" as part of a new initiative "but under conditions."
"I was ready to resign if the initiative to form a government of competences would not succeed and this is what I have done today," he said, adding that "this resignation does not mean a dereliction of duty." "We will see to the sustainability of the State and the continuity of its services and that there would be no political or institutional void at all levels," he assured. Besides, Mr. Jebali said that he is "still convinced about the need to form a government of national apolitical competences," adding that he "is ready to remain in the people's service" provided that the next government would be "away from all political infighting, based on national dialogue without exclusion and setting, in particula |