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| Tunisia unrest: Ennahda 'rejects PM Hamadi Jebali new cabinet' | Tunisia unrest: Ennahda 'rejects PM Hamadi Jebali new cabinet' |
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| Tunisia's ruling party has reportedly rejected moves to dismiss the government and form a cabinet of technocrats after the assassination of an opposition leader. | |
| Ennahda's vice-president said Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali "did not ask the opinion of his party", Reuters reports. | |
| Chokri Belaid was shot dead on Wednesday, sparking violent protests. | Chokri Belaid was shot dead on Wednesday, sparking violent protests. |
| Ennahda denies opposition claims that it was behind the killing of the anti-Islamist politician. | |
| "We in Ennahda believe Tunisia needs a political government now," party Vice-President Abdelhamid Jelassi was quoted as saying by Reuters. | |
| "We will continue discussions with others parties about forming a coalition government," he added. | |
| The reported remarks come a day after Mr Jebali said he had decided to form a government of "competent nationals without political affiliation". | |
| The new ministers would have a mandate "limited to managing the affairs of the country until elections are held in the shortest possible time," the prime minister said in a nationally televised address. | |
| The killing of Mr Belaid - the first political assassination since the Arab Spring uprising in 2011 - sparked an outbreak of anger across Tunisia. | |
| He was shot dead at close range by a gunmen in the capital Tunis on Wednesday. The attacker fled on the back of a motorcycle. | |
| Thousands of people later rallied outside the interior ministry, many chanting slogans urging the government to stand down and calling for a new revolution. | |
| In the centre of Tunis, a police officer was killed during clashes between police and opposition supporters protesting against Mr Belaid's death. |