The town of Tunis has been paralyzed by angry demonstrators which has prompted Leader Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali to flee the country and his post. Protests over increasing expenses of crucial goods, high unemployment and corruption have made the main city unstable. The us government has handed short-term emergency powers to the PM. Chances are that Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, did not have to take out a payday advance to flee with how much cash he probably had set aside.
Causing problems as Tunis loses President Ben Ali
Since 1987, President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali has been in office with the us government while Tunisians are going crazy within the streets of Tunis after he left. Tunisians are increasingly frustrated over prices of essential goods such as grain and sugar prices, as well as high unemployment, rights abuses and government corruption, as outlined by CNN. As a concession to demonstrators, the Tunisian security forces were directed by President Ben Ali that no live ammunition could be used on protestors unless necessary. That didn’t help much. He ended up ordering the government to dissolve with no other choice. The North African nation could be seeing Ben Ali now. Tunis is now under the control of Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi.
Making emergency changes
Emergency control of Tunisia was taken by Prime Minister Ghannouchi, reports al-Jazeera. He said that he will fight all the runaway inflation. Supposedly, the laws could be respected by him. All the high unemployment and inflation will be fought. The Tunisian army has taken control now. The Tunis airspace is closed w while the main airport in Tunis has been shut down. In the streets, three or more people are no longer allowed to meet. This has been banned by the government. The Tunisians continued to fight, despite President Ben Ali tried to lower food prices to make it better. Apparently having Ben Ali in the presidency for 27 years was too much for the country.
Protests for a long time
After a month of protests and demonstrations in Tunis, Tunisia has become more and more unstable. It began with the death of Mohamed Bouazizi, a college-educated street vendor who had been selling fruit from a cart to pay bills. Authorities took his cart from him. In order to protest, he set himself on fire.
Citations
CNN
cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/14/tunisia.protests/index.html
Al Jazeera
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/01/2011114172228117723.html
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