{"id":285679,"date":"2011-03-01T14:56:20","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T14:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/01\/tunisia-legalises-islamist-group\/"},"modified":"2011-03-01T14:56:20","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T14:56:20","slug":"tunisia-legalises-islamist-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/tunisia-legalises-islamist-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisia legalises Islamist group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"81.1182108626\">\n        \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>1 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>09:56 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tunisia&#8217;s interim government has legalised Ennahda, the moderate Islamist group banned under former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.<\/p>\n<p>The move paves the way for Ennahda to form a political party to stand in elections expected later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, two more ministers have quit the government &#8211; meaning five senior figures have walked out this week.<\/p>\n<p>Rights group Amnesty has called on ministers to investigate deaths during the protests that toppled Mr Ben Ali.<\/p>\n<p>More than 200 people are thought to have been killed during the unrest, and Amnesty says the interim government must hold those responsible to account.<\/p>\n<p>  <span>Continuing anger<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But the interim government, tasked with organising elections and restoring order, continues to be rocked by protests and resignations.<\/p>\n<p>The cabinet&#8217;s most prominent opposition leader Najib Chebbi resigned on Tuesday, saying he did not agree with the direction of the government.<\/p>\n<p>Another minister also quit, one day after two other ministers walked out.<\/p>\n<div>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-12611609#story_continues_2\">Continue reading the main story<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>Tunisia turmoil<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t<!-- pullout-items--><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- pullout-body--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>17 Dec:<\/strong> A man sets himself on fire over lack of jobs, sparking demonstrations in central Tunisia<\/li>\n<li> <strong>28 Dec:<\/strong> Protests spread to capital<\/li>\n<li> <strong>8-10 Jan: <\/strong>Dozens of deaths reported in crackdown<\/li>\n<li> <strong>12 Jan: <\/strong>Interior minister sacked<\/li>\n<li> <strong>13 Jan:<\/strong> President Ben Ali promises to step down in 2014<\/li>\n<li> <strong>14 Jan: <\/strong>President steps down, flees to Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- pullout-links--><\/div>\n<p>Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi, who had retained the office he held under Mr Ben Ali, resigned on Sunday in a bid to end street protests.<\/p>\n<p>But the protesters who helped bring down Mr Ben Ali were furious that so many of his former allies were included in the interim government, and continued their protests.<\/p>\n<p>The legalisation of Ennahda was another of the protesters&#8217; demands.<\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s 69-year-old leader Rachid Ghannouchi (no relation) arrived back in Tunisia at the end of January after more than 20 years in exile.<\/p>\n<p>He was greeted at the airport by thousands of his supporters, suggesting the group has maintained some of its popularity.<\/p>\n<p>In 1989 Ennahda came second to the ruling party in elections, officially winning about 17% of the ballot in a count widely suspected to favour the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>The party was banned shortly afterwards, and Mr Ghannouchi fled the country during a crackdown by the Ben Ali regime.<\/p>\n<p>On his return, Mr Ghannouchi told the BBC that his group would not be fielding a candidate for president in the forthcoming election.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-africa-12611609\" title=\"Tunisia legalises Islamist group\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tunisia legalises Islamist group<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 1 March 2011 Last updated at 09:56 ET Tunisia&#8217;s interim government has legalised Ennahda, the moderate Islamist group banned under former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. The move paves the way for Ennahda to form a political party to stand in elections expected later this year. Meanwhile, two more ministers have quit the government &#8211; meaning five senior figures have walked out this week<\/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-285679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tunisia legalises Islamist group - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/tunisia-legalises-islamist-group\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tunisia legalises Islamist group - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"1 March 2011 Last updated at 09:56 ET Tunisia&#039;s interim government has legalised Ennahda, the moderate Islamist group banned under former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. 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