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Tunisia parliament approves Mechichi govt
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 02 - 09 - 2020

Tunisia's parliament voted to approve on Tuesday the technocratic government of PM-designate Hichem Mechichi by a 134-majority vote.
Tunisian President Kais Saied's pick for prime minister faced a confidence vote that could have forced fresh elections if it MPs did not vote in his favor.
Saied has designated as premier the former interior minister Mechichi, who has promised to revitalize the tourism-reliant economy that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Mechichi, 46, was named in July to lead the small North African country's third designated government in less than a year, replacing Elyes Fakhfakh, who resigned over claims of conflict of interest.
His chances rose hours before the crucial vote as the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, the biggest bloc in parliament, said it would grudgingly back him "despite reservations."
Political scientist Chokri Bahria, from the think tank Jossour, said "it seems clear that the government vote will pass, with a support base that should allow it a few months of stability."
Tunisia has been praised as a rare success story for the Arab Spring uprisings that swept the region in 2011, bringing down its long-time president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
But it is now mired in social and economic crisis, with the official unemployment rate at 18 percent, and in need of new assistance from the International Monetary Fund.
Parliament is deeply divided and many lawmakers, even in the president's camp, are angry that Mechichi bypassed the major political factions in building his Cabinet.
Mechichi, a lawyer by training, has named judges, academics, public servants and business executives for what the local media has dubbed "the president's government."
Ennahdha and others have instead demanded a "political" government that reflects the balance of parties and factions in parliament. — Agencies


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