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Tunisia: PM Chahed elected president of new political party

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has been elected on Sunday president of Tahya Tounes party, a secular party founded this year, confirming expectations he will run in this year’s presidential election.
The new party was formed in January after months of wrangling within ruling coalition party Nidaa Tounes, resulting in the resignation of dozens of leaders.
The fragile coalition, which also includes the self-defined Muslim democrat party Ennahda, is struggling to pass economic reforms demanded by foreign lenders.
Tahya Tounes party (Long Live Tunisia) includes ministers in Chahed’s government and dozens of lawmakers. The party said it is seeking a comfortable win in the next elections to pursue stalled economic reforms.
Elections are due by the end of this year, with Ennahda, Tunisia’s largest party, favoured to win, according to polls.
Chahed will continue as prime minister until the next elections and will not resign, political sources told Reuters news agency.
The North African country has been hailed as the Arab Spring’s only democratic success because protests toppled autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011 without triggering the kind of violent upheavals seen in Syria and Libya.
But nine cabinets since then have failed to resolve Tunisia’s economic problems, including high inflation and unemployment. Impatience is rising among lenders such as the International Monetary Fund, who have kept the country afloat.
Aljazeera

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