By Tarek Amara | TUNIS TUNIS Several thousand Tunisians marched through central Tunis on Saturday to protest
against a bill that would grant
amnesty to businessmen accused of
corruption when autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali was in power.Critics of the Eco**mic Reconciliation bill say it is a step back from the spirit of Tunisia's 2011 revolution to oust Ben Ali but government officials say it is a way get the businessmen to inject some of their ill-gotten cash back into the eco**my.The draft law allows businessmen to reveal stolen funds and repay them. ** exact figures exist for the amount of graft during Ben Ali times but based on past investigations, officials say some $3 billion could be returned initially under the law.Waving flags and banners saying "** to forgiveness" and "E**ugh Corruption", about 5,000 people accompanied by opposition party leaders and activists marched through the capital's central Avenue Habib Bourguiba
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