Death Threats Disrupt Tunisia Constitution Debate
- Publisher:
- Wochit
- Publication Date:
- 5 January 2014
- Tags:
- Tunisia, Governance, Conflict, Peace and Security
Death threats against Tunisian secular lawmakers on Sunday disrupted voting on a new constitution, underscoring tensions over the role of Islam and the transition to democracy three years after the nation's revolution. Tunisia's parliament started voting last week on the new charter, which is meant to put democracy back on track after deadlock between ruling Islamists and secular parties since the 2011 fall of autocratic leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
