The Tunisian government adopted Thursday a transition bill amnesty, he will present to Parliament, and which also prohibits the Islamist party Ennahdha, announced two ministers at the exit of the first board of According to Ben Ali.
Adoption Draft General Amnesty Law
“The Minister of Justice presented a draft amnesty law, which was adopted by the Cabinet, which decided to submit it to parliament”, told AFP Development Minister, Ahmed Najib Chebbi. “The movement Ennahdha will be affected by the general amnesty,” said Minister of Higher Education Ahmed Ibrahim, told reporters.
Return of the Islamist party Ennahdha
Prohibited under the dictatorial regime of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who fled on Jan. 14 for Saudi Arabia after a month of unprecedented popular uprising, the Islamist party Ennahdha announced Tuesday it would apply for legalization.
Prime Minister of the new transitional government, Mohammed Ghannouchi, announced Monday between other measures of democratization that all political parties who will require legalized. Founded in 1981 by intellectuals inspired by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Nahda (Renaissance) was first tolerated, including the regime of President Ben Ali came to power in 1987.
But after the 1989 elections which Islamists had presented a list of “independent” and had recorded a score of 17%, its activists have been persecuted and imprisoned.
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