Tunisia Monday presented its new coalition government, dominated by the secular Nidaa Tounes party but also including its Islamist rivals, as it prepares to tackle security problems and a faltering eco**my. Prime Minister Habib Essid an**unced the make-up of his cabinet, which had initially been abandoned after the moderate Islamist Ennahda party warned it would vote against a line-up that excluded its members. The anti-Islamist Nidaa Tounes of President Beji Caid Essebsi won the largest number of seats in October's general election, with Ennahda coming second. Tunisia has struggled to form a stable government since it became the birthplace of the Arab Spring uprisings by ousting longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.
02-05-2015, 03:18 AM
Tunisia an**unces coalition cabinet with Islamists
Tunisia Monday presented its new coalition government, dominated by the secular Nidaa Tounes party but also including its Islamist rivals, as it prepares to tackle security problems and a faltering eco**my. Prime Minister Habib Essid an**unced the make-up of his cabinet, which had initially been abandoned after the moderate Islamist Ennahda party warned it would vote against a line-up that excluded its members. The anti-Islamist Nidaa Tounes of President Beji Caid Essebsi won the largest number of seats in October's general election, with Ennahda coming second. Tunisia has struggled to form a stable government since it became the birthplace of the Arab Spring uprisings by ousting longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.
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