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Friday, July 5, 2013

Tunisians protest political exclusion bill

2013-06-30

Several thousand members of the Union for Tunisia, a coalition of opposition parties led by Nidaa Tounes, gathered in front of Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly on Saturday (June 29th) to protest the controversial political isolation law, RFI reported.

"No one has the right to deprive Tunisian citizens from exercising their civil rights. Tunisia is for all Tunisians," AFP quoted Nidaa Tounes Secretary-General Taieb Baccouche as saying.

On Thursday, Tunisian lawmakers decided to postpone discussions and a final vote on the bill until after the debate on a new constitution, which begins Monday.

The president of the League for the Protection of the Revolution, Mounir Ajroud, vowed to sabotage the upcoming elections if the law was not passed.

Source: Magharebia.
Link: http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/newsbriefs/general/2013/06/30/newsbrief-01.

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