Tunisia's prime minister says plan for technocratic government to resolve crisis lacks support
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Tunisia's prime minister says his initiative to solve the country's political crisis with a new Cabinet of technocrats has failed.
Hamadi Jebali told journalists Monday following meetings with representatives of the main political parties that the technocrat option did not benefit from a consensus and that they are moving toward another solution.
He did not elaborate, only adding that he would meet with President Moncef Marzouki Tuesday to discuss the next steps.
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Tunisia was plunged into a political crisis after the assassination on Feb. 6 of a leftist opposition politician provoked anti-government riots around the country.
Jebali called for a technocratic government to guide the country to new elections, but his own party, the moderate Islamist Ennahda, rejected his initiative, which had received opposition support.