“One year after its accession to power in December 2011, the coalition, dominated by the Islamist party, has transformed the country, and is currently being contested and defied by a large portion of the population.”
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Tunisia: Illegal appointments to leading positions in public medias
[…] the appointments of the new directors at public broadcasting organisations are illegal. Article 19 of Decree-Law 2011-116 of 2 November 2011 stipulates that such appointments must be made in full consultation with the High Authority for Audovisual Communications (HAICA) […]
Tunisia: The hijacking of free radio
Gone are the days of a few radio stations flooding the airwaves with the same information and press releases, broadcast in loop, providing listeners with one way of looking at things. Since the revolution, we’ve seen the launch of 12 new radio stations. And since such diversity allows for a more democratic management of the airwaves, it would seem logical that everything be done to help them continue to broadcast.
Internal Security Failures: Fuloul, Laraayedh, and “Provocative Art”
“Criminals, drug traffickers, and Salafist extremists are the ones behind the unrest,” Ali Laraayedh, the Tunisian Minister of the Interior, told the Constituent Assembly on Tuesday. The minister was invited to speak to the assembly and answer its questions
OpenGovTN meeting exposes the need for pragmatic action to ensure transparency
Following a mostly online presence, a few members and supporters of the Tunisian OpenGov initiative gathered last night, March 10, 2012, at Nawaat’s Hackerspace – a community meeting space created by Nawaat to facilitate the exchange of ideas and resources – a perfect space for OpenGovTN to meet. OpenGovTN, an initiative that was launched some months ago, aims to institutionalize the concepts of open governance, open data, and transparency in a new Tunisia on all governmental fronts […]
Tunisia’s Transitional Government: a page from the Ben Ali playbook
It is remarkable how self-assuredly and skillfully Mohamed Ghanouchi and Foued Mbazaa are managing street anger by juggling the composition of the unity government (keeping old-regime figures in the unity government and disbanding the ruling party).
Tunisia ruling party (RCD) and the road to democracy
By Neji Ali Dhakouani, Calls are mounting for disbanding the Rassemblement constitutionnel démocratique (RCD) or at least banning it from […]
Tunisian unity government: Exclusion of certain opposition parties.
By Neji Ali Dhakouani, Like all Tunisians I have been closely watching recent developments in my native country. While many […]
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