Old order 'remnants' flex muscle in Tunisian politics | Reuters

(Tunisia and the Arab Spring)

These so-called "remnants" from Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's rule were swept aside by the first of the "Arab Spring" revolts in January 2011 and trounced in voting for a constituent assembly later that year. The assembly has considered banning them from politics completely.
But two murders of leftist leaders this year by suspected radical Salafis and mounting dissatisfaction with Ennahda's Islamist agenda have plunged Tunisian politics into turmoil, prompting the assembly to suspend its work.



Old order 'remnants' flex muscle in Tunisian politics | Reuters