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Tunisia's Islamist PM resigns to make way for caretaker government

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09-01-2014 | 08:00

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Tunisia's Islamist Prime Minister Ali Larayedh resigned on Thursday to make way for a caretaker administration as part of a deal with his opponents to finish a transition to democracy.

"I have just handed my resignation to the president," he told reporters. "The president will appoint the new Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa shortly, and he will present his new cabinet in the next few days."

Three years after an uprising against autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia is in the final stages of establishing a full democracy that would be a rare bright spot in an unstable region.

On another note, Tunisian soldiers fired shots in the air and police used tear gas to try to disperse protesters who attacked police stations and an office of the ruling Islamist party Ennahda in the southern city of Tataouine, state news agency TAP said.

There were no immediate reports of injuries, the news agency said.

Protesters have been demonstrating against a vehicle tax increase and the lack of economic opportunities for two days in several Tunisian cities, mostly in the south of the country.

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