Tunisian leaders promise police action against Salafist violence
Mustapha Ben Jaffar,Speaker of the Constituent Assembly and Rachid Ghannouchi head of Ennhada have condemned Salafist violence and reassured the Tunisian people and investors that the police will now act firmly to curb the attacks which have plagued Tunisia's secular society and damaged its image as Caid Beji Essebsi of Nida Tounes says.
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Speaking in Strasbourg ,National Constituent Assembly (NCA) Speaker Mustapha Ben Jaafar said that “political, ideological and religious violence is not any longer tolerated in present-day Tunisia,” stressing, regarding the September 14 incidents at the American Embassy, that “consecration of the rule of law and institutions is an absolute priority,” in the coming stage,TAP reported.
A communiqué of the NCA reads that the Assembly’s speaker also insisted that “the consensus to which the Tunisian people aspire will be the best shield that will guarantee success to the democratic transition process, in a climate of social peace.”
President Mocef Marzouki had made a similar statement along the same lines before the Troika issued a statement which condemned the attack on the US Embassy in Tunis.
Significantly Rachid Ghannouchi,head of the Ennahda party also condemned salafist violence and promised a firmer stance against disruption. "Each time that parties or groups overstep our freedoms in a flagrant manner, we have to be tough, clamp down and insist on public order," Ennahda chief Rached Ghannouchi told AFP in an interview."These people pose a threat not only to Ennahda but to the country's freedoms and security." He said that the police would hunt down Salafist leader Seif Allah Ibn Hussein head of Ansar al-Sharia,who is thought to have organised the attack on the American Embassy and the American school last Friday. He escaped with his followers from the al Muftah Mosque in central Tunis. Rchid Ghannouchi said that from now on police would deal firmly with breaches of public order and that the police had "learnt their lesson" following their failure to protect the American Embassy.
Beji Caid Essebsi, the founder of the opposition Nidaa Tounès said that that the ennhada led Tunisian government, was, leading the country "into the abyss". And it would no longer legitimate after 23 October, a year after the elections to the Constituent Assembly. In theory the governments mandate was to last a year. Mr Essebsi said that the anti American attack on the US Embassy was the result of the government's failure to control Salafist violence and that the attack had damaged Tunisia's image and prospects for tourism and investment. He pointed out the a $20 billion loan promised by the G8 had not yet been forthcoming largely,he said because of fears over Tunisia's insecurity.
The Troika have all now made firm statements about curbing Salafist violence but effective action by Tunisia's police force will be essential. The protests by secular society over what they see as Ennhada's attempts to curb civil rights and freedoms in Tunisia have been continuing since the formation of the government in October 2011.
A communiqué of the NCA reads that the Assembly’s speaker also insisted that “the consensus to which the Tunisian people aspire will be the best shield that will guarantee success to the democratic transition process, in a climate of social peace.”
President Mocef Marzouki had made a similar statement along the same lines before the Troika issued a statement which condemned the attack on the US Embassy in Tunis.
Significantly Rachid Ghannouchi,head of the Ennahda party also condemned salafist violence and promised a firmer stance against disruption. "Each time that parties or groups overstep our freedoms in a flagrant manner, we have to be tough, clamp down and insist on public order," Ennahda chief Rached Ghannouchi told AFP in an interview."These people pose a threat not only to Ennahda but to the country's freedoms and security." He said that the police would hunt down Salafist leader Seif Allah Ibn Hussein head of Ansar al-Sharia,who is thought to have organised the attack on the American Embassy and the American school last Friday. He escaped with his followers from the al Muftah Mosque in central Tunis. Rchid Ghannouchi said that from now on police would deal firmly with breaches of public order and that the police had "learnt their lesson" following their failure to protect the American Embassy.
Beji Caid Essebsi, the founder of the opposition Nidaa Tounès said that that the ennhada led Tunisian government, was, leading the country "into the abyss". And it would no longer legitimate after 23 October, a year after the elections to the Constituent Assembly. In theory the governments mandate was to last a year. Mr Essebsi said that the anti American attack on the US Embassy was the result of the government's failure to control Salafist violence and that the attack had damaged Tunisia's image and prospects for tourism and investment. He pointed out the a $20 billion loan promised by the G8 had not yet been forthcoming largely,he said because of fears over Tunisia's insecurity.
The Troika have all now made firm statements about curbing Salafist violence but effective action by Tunisia's police force will be essential. The protests by secular society over what they see as Ennhada's attempts to curb civil rights and freedoms in Tunisia have been continuing since the formation of the government in October 2011.
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