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Tunisia scrambles to find new PM, end political limbo

February 21, 2013 12:17
Tunisia was scrambling to find a replacement prime minister on Thursday and pull itself out of a major political crisis two days after Hamadi Jebali quit after failing to form a cabinet of technocrats. The consultative council of Ennahda was to meet later to choose a successor to Jebali, the ruling Islamist party's number two, who ruled himself out following suggestions that he might be reappointed premier.

UPDATE 5-Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda to pick hardliner for PM

February 21, 2013 11:45
* Ennahda says it will name next prime minister this week * Jebali resigned after plan for technocrat cabinet failed * Ennahda to choose PM from hardline wing-party official (Adds Jebali's speech apologising to people) By Tarek Amara TUNIS, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Tunisia's main Islamist Ennahda party will pick a hardliner to replace moderate outgoing Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali after he declined to head the next government, a party official said on Thursday.

URGENT ¥¥¥ Outgoing Tunisia PM rules out being reappointed

February 21, 2013 11:16
Tunisia's outgoing premier Hamadi Jebali has turned down an offer to return as head of the government, his Ennahda party said on Thursday, two days after he announced his resignation. "Ennahda announced that Hamadi Jebali has declined to accept its offer to be the party's candidate for the post of prime minister," said the ruling Islamist party, which continued to refer to Jebali as its secretary general. bsh/mh/sma/dv

Outgoing Tunisian PM Jebali will not return to post-Ennahda party

February 21, 2013 11:15
TUNIS, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Tunisia's outgoing prime minister, Hamadi Jebali, has refused to head the next government and his Islamist Ennahda party will name a replacement, a party statement said on Thursday. Jebali resigned on Tuesday after his plan for an apolitical technocrat cabinet to prepare for elections collapsed. (Reporting By Tarek Amara; Editing by Alistair Lyon)

Tunisia's Ennahda meets to decide PM candidate

February 21, 2013 10:45
The consultative council of Ennahda, Tunisia's ruling Islamist party, was meeting Thursday to choose a successor to outgoing premier Hamadi Jebali, who quit after failing to form a new government. Jebali, who is Ennahda's number two, resigned on Tuesday after his plan to form a technocrat cabinet, announced in the wake of public outrage over the February 6 murder of leftist politician Chokri Belaid, was rejected by his own party.

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February 20, 2013 19:00
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Tunisia in political limbo as no new PM in sight

February 20, 2013 11:16
Tunisia was in political limbo on Wednesday as President Moncef Marzouki suffered setbacks in his bid to replace Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, who quit after failing in his plan to form a non-partisan cabinet. Talks between Marzouki and Rached Ghannouchi, head of Islamist Ennahda party, ended inconclusively, dashing hopes of a soon end to Tunisia's deepest political crisis since the revolt that ousted Zine El Abidine Ben Ali two years ago.

UPDATE 2-Tunisia seeks new premier to escape political crisis

February 20, 2013 10:30
* Secular president holds talks with Islamist party chief * Jebali resigned after plan for technocrat cabinet failed * IMF talks on hold until political impasse resolved By Tarek Amara TUNIS, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Tunisian leaders began the search for a new prime minister on Wednesday to try to lead the North African nation out of its gravest political crisis since an uprising that inspired a wave of Arab revolts two years ago.

Islamist leader sees new Tunisian coalition government this week

February 20, 2013 09:30
TUNIS, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The head of Tunisia's main Islamist party said on Wednesday it had yet to agree on a nominee to replace outgoing Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, but that he expected a new coalition government to emerge this week. "We need a coalition government with several political parties and technocrats," Ennahda party chief Rached Ghannouchi told reporters after talks with secular President Moncef Marzouki on Tunisia's political crisis.

Tunisia president holds crisis talks over new PM

February 20, 2013 08:46
President Moncef Marzouki was holding urgent talks on Wednesday with political leaders in a bid to steer Tunisia out of a weeks-long crisis exacerbated by the resignation of Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. Marzouki was meeting with the leader of the Islamist ruling Ennahda party, Rached Ghannouchi, followed later with Maya Jribi of the opposition Republican party, his office said.
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