Tunisia prime minister announces resignation
Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali meets with members of his cabinet on February 19, 2013. By Fethi Belaid (AFP)
TUNIS (AFP) – Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said on Tuesday that he has submitted his resignation to President Moncef Marzouki, a day after his efforts to form a government of technocrats failed.
“I promised and assured that, in the event that my initiative failed, I would resign as head of the government, and that is what I have done,” Jebali said in remarks broadcast on television after meeting Marzouki.
