Wednesday
Jan192011
Tunisia Analysis: Will the New Government Survive?
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 7:00
Perhaps the most striking political development, given the symbolism of resistance and Government, was was the Minister who did not resign. Blogger Slim Amamou, an iconic figure inside and outside Tunisia because of his challenge to Ben Ali through social media, the man who had been arrested a week before Ben Ali fell and whose release symbolised the "new" Tunisia, refused to step down as Minister of Youth and Sport.
Amamou said he would resign when he decided, not when others did. But that only brought further - questions.
What should he decide? And what will others, in the meeting rooms and on the streets, now decide?
