Unions, popular committees, and army are co-ordinating their efforts to stop the secret militias still engaged in drive-by shootings. Arrest of Kais Ben Ali, Ben Ali’s nephew; Ali Siriati, chief of presidential guard; and Rafik Bel Haj Kassem, Minister of the Interior. But we still haven’t seen any evidence. Protests in Bizerta (north of Tunisia) are demanding the dismantling of the RCD and all the institutions operating under its aegis.
Some Tunisian intellectuals are using FaceBook to explain to the people the ways in which the RCD may end up hijacking the revolution, and this by relying on the existing electoral charter that makes it virtually impossible for any opposition party to qualify for any forthcoming election.
A National Unity Government will be announced tomorrow. Both the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) and the Democratic Forum for Labour and Freedoms will also be represented, as well as trade unions and lawyers’ organizations.
Reports of attempted suicides in Algeria: one Algerian burned himself when his job application was turned down and was told by employer: “What can you do? Go and burn yourself like that Bouazizi.” The “Bouazizi syndrome” is spreading into neighboring countries.
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