Tunisian PM threatens to resign
2013-02-09 22:34
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Tunis - Tunisia's Islamist prime
minister says he will resign if his proposal to appoint a nonpolitical cabinet
is rejected.
Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali called
for that change on Wednesday after Tunisia was thrown into a crisis when a
prominent opposition politician was shot and killed in Tunis, touching off
violent protests.
Jebali's moderate Islamist Ennahda
party has already rejected his proposal.
On Saturday, Jebali told the
France-24 TV channel that he'll appoint a new cabinet by mid-week. He said new
independent ministers are needed to save Tunisia from "chaos."
Changing ministers would be less
risky to the prime minister than dissolving the current government.
But under Tunisian law, each new cabinet
minister would need to be approved by Tunisia's Constituent Assembly, where
Jebali's Ennahda party has a majority.
- AP
