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TUNISIA: Nidaa Tounes Infighting

TUNISIA: Nidaa Tounes Infighting If the quarrel escalates, it could destabilise the country. Thirty lawmakers from Tunisia's ruling Nidaa Tounes party suspended their membership on November 4th, deepening a crisis threatening to split the party and destabilise the government. The secularist Nidaa Tounes, elected to power in 2014 in a vote hailed as democratic victory after Tunisia's Arab Spring revolt, has been riven by months of infighting. Supporters of its secretary general, Mohsen Marzouk , accuse President Beji Caid Essebsi 's son Hafedh of trying to seize control of the party. The crisis came to a head after accusations that Essebsi supporters armed with sticks on November 1st blocked rival party members from a meeting of its executive committee. On November 4th, pro‐Marzouk lawmakers among the party's 86 parliamentarians said they were suspending their membership, but just a few days later on November 9th they resigned from the parliamentary bloc. “We are not seeking to divide the party and we do not belong to anyone,” one of the lawmakers, Abeda Kefi , told a press conference. He nonetheless denounced “a desire to carry out a putsch” among supporters of Hafedh Caid Essebsi. “The party is unable to meet – its structures are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2015.06721.x
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If the quarrel escalates, it could destabilise the country. Thirty lawmakers from Tunisia's ruling Nidaa Tounes party suspended their membership on November 4th, deepening a crisis threatening to split the party and destabilise the government. The secularist Nidaa Tounes, elected to power in 2014 in a vote hailed as democratic victory after Tunisia's Arab Spring revolt, has been riven by months of infighting. Supporters of its secretary general, Mohsen Marzouk , accuse President Beji Caid Essebsi 's son Hafedh of trying to seize control of the party. The crisis came to a head after accusations that Essebsi supporters armed with sticks on November 1st blocked rival party members from a meeting of its executive committee. On November 4th, pro‐Marzouk lawmakers among the party's 86 parliamentarians said they were suspending their membership, but just a few days later on November 9th they resigned from the parliamentary bloc. “We are not seeking to divide the party and we do not belong to anyone,” one of the lawmakers, Abeda Kefi , told a press conference. He nonetheless denounced “a desire to carry out a putsch” among supporters of Hafedh Caid Essebsi. “The party is unable to meet – its structures are

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Dec 1, 2015

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