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Ali Larayedh to resign as Tunisian prime minister Ali Larayedh resigns as Tunisia's PM to make way for caretaker government
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Tunisia's Islamist prime minister, Ali Larayedh, will resign on Thursday, handing power to a caretaker administration in a deal with opponents to put the country's transition to democracy back on track, the state news agency has said. Tunisia's Islamist prime minister, Ali Larayedh, has resigned, handing power to a caretaker administration in a deal with opponents to put the country's transition to democracy back on track.
"The prime minister … has declared he will hand his resignation to the president on Thursday afternoon," said a statement from the president's office, according to the news agency TAP. "I have just handed my resignation to the president," he told reporters. "The president will appoint the new prime minister Mehdi Jomaa shortly, and he will present his new cabinet in the next few days."
Three years after an uprising against the autocrat Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia is in the final stages of establishing a full democracy that would be a rare bright spot in an unstable region.Three years after an uprising against the autocrat Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia is in the final stages of establishing a full democracy that would be a rare bright spot in an unstable region.
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