Tunisia transition moves forward as parties reach agreement on election order

[smurfy]

[url]http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/06/13/uk-tunisia-elections-idUKKBN0EO1DY20140613[/url]
[quote]Tunisia is set to hold separate parliamentary and presidential elections at the end of the year after political parties resolved a dispute over the election date on Friday, political sources told Reuters.

Tunisia's national assembly approved a new electoral law in May to help the country move to full democracy after the 2011 uprising that inspired the "Arab Spring" revolts.

Boussairi Bou Abdeli, a politician who participated in a dialogue between the parties, told Reuters they had "agreed to hold parliamentary before presidential (elections) this year". Another source confirmed the agreement.

Whether the presidential and parliamentary elections should be held separately or together was the last point of disagreement between the Islamists and secularists.

The agreement allows electoral authorities to set an official date for the first election since the North African state adopted a new constitution that has been praised as a model of democratic transition in the Arab world.

The elections will probably be held at the end of October or in November, the election agency chief Chafik Sarsar told Reuters in an interview last month.[/quote]

[Daniel Smith]

Tunisia looks like it's turning into the first successful democracy in the missle east/north africa region (israel doesn't count)

[Aidan_088]

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;45094414]Tunisia looks like it's turning into the first successful democracy in the missle east/north africa region (israel doesn't count)[/QUOTE]

What about Morocco?

[Zillamaster55]

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;45094414] (israel doesn't count)[/QUOTE]

Why?

[Daniel Smith]

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;45094700]Why?[/QUOTE]

Because they are not native to that region, the Middle East and North Africa is mainly made out of Arab Muslims. It's not fair to count Israel because they shouldn't even fucking exist in the first place.

[Kentz]

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;45094881]Because they are not native to that region, the Middle East and North Africa is mainly made out of Arab Muslims.[b] It's not fair to count Israel because they shouldn't even fucking exist in the first place.[/b][/QUOTE]

thanks now this thread will have nothing to do with tunisia anymore

[ewitwins]

[b]ANY-FUCKING-WAYS[/b]

This is a great day for Tunisia! I hope they just keep getting better and better. The more stable it is, the more investment opportunities there are.

The more investment opportunities there are, the more the country and develop and improve in regards to quality of life!