 Tunisia's main Islamist party names Interior Minister for PM February 22, 2013 - 16:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The leader of Tunisia's main Islamist Ennahda party said on Friday, February 22 it had chosen former Interior Minister Ali Larayedh as its nominee for prime minister to succeed Hamadi Jebali, Reuters reported. Rached Ghannouchi said on his Facebook page that Larayedh was Ennahda's candidate. A senior party official confirmed this. The nomination from Ennahda, the biggest party in the National Constituent Assembly, will be submitted to secular President Moncef Marzouki. Larayedh, 58, is viewed as belonging to Ennahda's hardline wing, which rejects any political role for parties linked to the era of deposed President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. A naval engineer, Larayedh spent 15 years in jail under Ben Ali. He became interior minister when Jebali's government was formed in December 2011 after an election in October. Jebali, the outgoing premier, refused to head the next government after his Ennahda party rejected his plan for an l technocrat cabinet to prepare for elections, which he had proposed after the killing of an opposition leader plunged Tunisia into its worst crisis since Ben Ali fell two years ago Partner news  Top stories Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma medical examiner's office, said 51 were confirmed dead. An Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years. Earlier, at least five Azerbaijan soldiers were killed and six seriously injured when their vehicle rammed into a tree and overturned. Among its provisions are bans on child marriage and the traditional practice of selling and buying women to settle disputes.   Partner news |  Latest news Giant asteroid 1998 QE2 to pass Earth May 31  The asteroid is said to measure in at about 1.7-miles long and will be about 3.6 million miles away from Earth as it passes.Syrian opposition leaders meet in Madrid According to some participants, ex-leader of Syria's opposition National Coalition Moaz al-Khatib may be appointed to the post.Gegard Mousasi plans to drop to middleweight division Mousasi said that he is yet to discuss with the UFC about when he plans to drop to the middleweight division.U.S. shuts down Guantanamo wi-fi over hacking threats Army Lt. Col. Samuel House says the precautions were taken because of online threats to disrupt activities at the base. |
