 |
| Chokri Belaid |
It was becoming fashionable to say that the Tunisian Revolution seemed stalled, its future direction uncertain, but
the assassination this morning of secular leftist political figure Chokri Belaid marks a violent turn that is now provoking protests in the capital and elsewhere. President Moncef Marzouki has returned from a visit to Europe and canceled his participation in the Islamic Summit in Cairo, which opens today.
 |
| The Party's Emblem |
Belaid, 48, was Secretary General of the Movement of Democratic Patriots, a leftist and pan-Arabist party with a fiercely secular and anti-Islamist agenda. It has one seat in the 217-seat Constituent Assembly. He was shot dead in front of his home this morning.
Protesters and Belaid's brother are reportedly attacking the ruling al-Nahda Party for the assassination. At a time when the country is increasingly seeing violent confrontations between the secularists and Islamists, the assassination of Belaid is likely to further destabilize the situation.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment