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Tunisian president pelted with stones
Wednesday December 19, 2012 08:39:48 AM,
RIA
Novosti
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Moscow: A
disgruntled crowd hurled stones at President Moncef Marzouki and
the parliament speaker in a central Tunisian town, a media report
said Tuesday.
The incident occurred when the president and parliament speaker
Mustapha Ben Jaafar arrived in Sidi Bouzid town, the cradle of the
revolution that erupted in Tunisia two years ago, to address
people on the anniversary of the uprising, Al Jazeera reported.
The violence started as President Marzouki finished his speech and
Jaafar was preparing for his address. A crowd of some 5,000
people, who had gathered for the arrival of the president, began
throwing stones at them shouting: "Get Out! Get Out!"
"I understand this legitimate anger. But the government has
diagnosed the problem. In six months, a stable government will be
in place and will provide the remedy to heal the country's
problems," Marzouki told the gathering.
Even two years after the revolution and the ouster of former
President Zine El Abedine Ben Ali, Tunisians are unhappy that
living conditions have not improved since then.
Protests swept Tunisia in mid-December of 2010, forcing Ben Ali,
who ruled the country for 23 years, to flee to Saudi Arabia.
Tunisians took to the streets again in late February, forcing
prime minister Mohammed Ghannouchi to resign. The uprising later
set off protests around the Arab world.
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