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Supporters of Ennahda party candidate Ali Laarayedh attend his electoral campaign in Tunis,Tunisia on October 12, 2014. (EPA/Mohamed Messara)
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Tunisia’s Constituent Assembly President, Mustafa Ben Jaafar, arrives at the Constituent Assembly for a plenary session due to set an election calendar on June 25, 2014, in the capital, Tunis. (AFP PHOTO/FETHI BELAID)
Mustafa Ben Jaafar: Being a consensus presidential candidate “would be an honor”
Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—As a leading member of Tunisia’s former Troika government, Democratic Forum of Labor and Liberties (Ettakatol) party leader Mustafa Ben Jaafar finds himself in a difficult position as his country prepares for presidential and parliamentary...Caption:
Members of the main labor union body, UGTT, gather during a protest calling for the government led by the Islamist Ennahda party to step down in Tunis on December 4, 2013. The sign reads “Get out.” (REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi)
Tunisia to hold elections before the end of 2014, says official
Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—With Tunisia’s political transition still in doubt following a stalled National Dialogue, the National Constituent Assembly’s Compromise Committee has confirmed an end-of-year 2014 deadline for forthcoming parliamentary and presidential...Caption:
Tunisian protesters hold a giant national flag during an anti government demonstration on November 15, 2013 in Tunis (AFP PHOTO/FETHI BELAID_
Tunisia: Talks continue as political parties weigh up their options
Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Political factions in Tunisia have continued to hold unofficial side meetings in preparation for the resumption of the political dialogue sessions between the government and opposition at the start of next week. The Ennahda movement and the Call...Caption:
Tunisian mediators, President Moncef Marzouki (C), Constituent Assembly’s President Mustapha Ben Jaafar (2ndL) and Tunisian Prime minister Ali Laarayedh (2ndR) pose on stage at the end of a meeting as part of the dialogue between Tunisia’s ruling Islamists and the opposition aimed at ending a two-month crisis on October 5, 2013 at the Palais des Congres in Tunis. Tunisia’s ruling Islamist Ennahda party and the opposition signed a roadmap for the creation of a government of independents within three weeks. The mediators are the President of the Tunisian employers union (UTICA), Wided Bouchamaoui (3rdL), Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Houcine Abbassi (3rdR), President of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH), Abdessattar ben Moussa (R) and the president of the National Bar Association, Mohamed Fadhel Mahfoudh (L). (AFP PHOTO FETHI BELAID)