Tunisia: Ennahdha Ready to Enlarge Government and Include New Skills

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Supporters accompanied the ambulance carrying the body of Chokri Belaid, a vocal critic of the Islamist-led government who was shot in February.

Carthage — President of Ennahdha movement Rached Ghannouchi expressed his party's readiness to enlarge the government and include new skills. "No need to lose more time to choose a new government whose term will not exceed four months," he said on Thursday, after a talk inCarthage palace with caretaker President of the Republic Moncef Marzouki.

Mr.Ghannouchi stressed his party's attachment to the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) as an institution founder of legitimacy, underlining Ennahdha readiness to look for new compromises around the government.

He called to implement the provisions of the law on temporary organisation of public authorities, by virtue of which the President of the Republic will entrust the party winning the elections with forming a government.

Ennahdha leader added that his party is attached to Ali Larayedh at the head of the government. Besides, he invited the deputies who withdrew from the NCA to resume their seats.

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