The New York Times - JAN. 9, 2014
TUNIS
— Tunisia’s Islamist prime minister resigned Thursday, ending the
two-year-old rule of his party, which has dominated the political scene
since the popular uprising here that initiated the Arab Spring.
The
departing prime minister, Ali Larayedh of the Ennahda Party, handed
power to a caretaker government that will oversee elections later in the
year.
The
resignation of the Ennahda government is a setback for the Islamists
who wanted to lead the country into elections, but is part of a
carefully calibrated political agreement with opposition parties to
break months of deadlock. Members of the National Constituent Assembly
had been stalling proceedings and demanding the resignation of the
government since the assassination of a secular politician, Mohammad
Brahmi, last July. It was the second assassination in six months, and
opposition groups blamed Mr. Larayedh for what they called his laxity
toward Islamist extremist threats.
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