The series started on Sunday, when the islamist party Ennahda has called for the ouster of the president of the government, has found its resolution on Wednesday afternoon. At the request of the president of the Republic, Kaïs Saïed, the one that ruled over Tunisia for the past four months and eighteen days has submitted his resignation. Now, the head of State will have to choose a personality capable of forming a majority in the ARP (Assembly of people's representatives). The name of the governor of the central Bank, Marouane Abassi, travels as often in cases of political crisis.
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Elyes Fakhfakh : 4 months and 18 days at the Kasbah
It is 20: 21 when the services of the presidency of the government make it official with a resignation which the Tunis power gargarisaient for a few hours. This social-democrat, member of Ettakatol (a PS local 20 members in 2011, none in the two elections following legislative), had been chosen by Kaïs Saïed among the list of a few candidates that had been submitted by the major political parties.
Without sitting up to the election, the man had to resume a double post of minister after the revolution : the Finance and Tourism. He had been a candidate in the presidential election in 2019, collecting of 0.34 % of the voice. Before the election campaign, he had disappeared from the political radar for four years to concentrate on business. The shares it held in Vivan, unveiled after its entry according to the head of the government, have troubled the public opinion and meets his opponents. Precipitating his fall without justice did not had the time to consider the merits of the case.
Vivan is a company that was part of a group that contracted with the State to markets related to the environment. Some of them, awarded in December 2019, were signed in April - it's the law - when he was became the president of the government. "We can't do business with the State when it is at its head,' said Ridha Driss, a member of the shura council of Ennahda.
This folder will be served as a detonator. The party, headed by Rached Ghannouchi, who is also president of the ARP, arguera of this conflict of interest and demanding that we " turn the page ". His party held five ministries within this government. This folder was known to some members of the coalition Fakhfakh well before he was given the vote of confidence from the parliament. The cold, the revenge, the appetite...
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Four months to form a government four months
Now, Tunisia is located at point of departure, the 6th of October last, the day of the general elections. It had taken four months to form a government. The first attempt, with the candidate of Ennahda Habib Jemli, had failed to obtain the approval of the parliament. The head of State had opted for the social democratic party without a base election. A coalition motley had agreed to govern together : the party of the former head of government Youssef Chahed was his ally al-nahda to the sides of the Current democratic (centre-left, anti-corruption) is not compatible with the previous two. This hitch worked with many great difficulties.
This evening, Elyes Fakhfakh remains in position. It will ship with the current affairs until a successor obtains a majority of the ACA, which has nothing of a party country as it is balkanized. He says he has resigned in order to " avoid to the Tunisia conflict."
