Tunisia's parliament has rejected a government proposed by
Prime Minister-designate Habib Jemli after months of negotiations
between political parties to fill positions.
Tunisian President Kais Saied, who was also elected in October, now has 10 days to designate a new prime minister. If Saied's appointee fails to form a government, parliament is dissolved and a new election will be called.
Friday vote is seen as a big setback for Ennahdha, which has been directly or indirectly in power for a large part of the last nine years, and it risks delaying reforms needed to revive the country's stuttering economy.
During a heated day-long parliamentary
session on Friday Jan 10,2020, only 72 of the 213 legislators present voted in
favour of Jemli's cabinet.
Jemli, an agricultural engineer by training, had in early January announced the
formation of a cabinet made up of independent technocrats, a move that
came a month after being nominated by the moderate Islamist Ennahdha
party to head a new government.
Ennahdha emerged as the most powerful party after winning the most seats in the
country's October parliamentary election. But the self-described Muslim Democratic party's 52 of a total 217 seats available for grabs meant that it still needed to win the backing of other partiesTunisian President Kais Saied, who was also elected in October, now has 10 days to designate a new prime minister. If Saied's appointee fails to form a government, parliament is dissolved and a new election will be called.
Friday vote is seen as a big setback for Ennahdha, which has been directly or indirectly in power for a large part of the last nine years, and it risks delaying reforms needed to revive the country's stuttering economy.
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