{"id":284973,"date":"2011-02-28T03:04:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T03:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/tunisia-interim-prime-minister-resigns-amid-protests\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T03:04:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T03:04:02","slug":"tunisia-interim-prime-minister-resigns-amid-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/tunisia-interim-prime-minister-resigns-amid-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisia: Interim Prime Minister Resigns Amid Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"47.1992324912\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/7305b8cerfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>27 February 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Tunisia&#8217;s Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi resigned on Sunday, as security forces clashed with protesters demanding changes to the country&#8217;s interim government.<\/p>\n<p>Ghannouchi denied that he was running away from his responsibilities, but said that he was not willing to take decisions that would end up causing casualties.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This resignation will serve Tunisia, the revolution and the future of Tunisia,&#8221; Ghannouchi told a press conference on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>His announcement came as police fired tear gas and warning shots in the centre of Tunis, where anti-government protesters were gathered for a third day.<\/p>\n<p>The crowds threw stones and mounted barricades, according to witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, three people were killed and dozens wounded in clashes between protesters and riot police.<\/p>\n<p>The day before, at least 100,000 people took to the streets of the capital, accusing Ghannouchi and his government of &#8220;usurping&#8221; the revolution that overthrew Zine el Abedine Ben Ali.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 200 people have been arrested for taking part in this weekend&#8217;s protests.<\/p>\n<p>The Interior Ministry blames the violence on agitators that it accuses of infiltrating peaceful demonstrations and targeting security forces.<\/p>\n<p>The unrest prompted the interim government to announce on Friday that elections would be held by mid-July.<\/p>\n<p><i><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110227-tunisias-interim-pm-resigns-amid-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go here to see the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201102280012.html\" title=\"Tunisia: Interim Prime Minister Resigns Amid Protests\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tunisia: Interim Prime Minister Resigns Amid Protests<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 27 February 2011 Tunisia&#8217;s Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi resigned on Sunday, as security forces clashed with protesters demanding changes to the country&#8217;s interim government. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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