Growing unrest in town of Tunis will cause Tunisian leader to depart

Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Leader of Tunisia, has fled the main city city of Tunis and his office as protests have paralyzed the city. The government has been clashing with protesters for weeks, who are angry with high joblessness, increasing costs of food and other products, and political corruption. The PM has taken over the reins of government. Chances are that Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, didn’t have to take out a cash advance to flee with how much cash he probably had set aside. Article resource – Escalating unrest in Tunis causes Tunisian president to flee by MoneyBlogNewz.

Leaving Tunis is President Ben Ali

Frustrated Tunisians have been taking to the streets of Tunis in droves to protest failures of the us government and President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who has occupied the office since 1987. CNN reports that the prices going up on essential goods like grain and sugar prices while unemployment, rights abuses and government corruption is getting worse which is driving Tunisians crazy. As a concession to demonstrators, the Tunisian security forces were directed by President Ben Ali that no live ammunition could possibly be used on protestors unless necessary. This was not enough, and he was forced to order the government to dissolve. Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi is now in control of the country as Ben Ali went to the North African nation.

Making emergency changes

Emergency control of Tunisia was taken by Prime Minister Ghannouchi, reports al-Jazeera. He said that he will fight all the runaway inflation. He has pledged to respect laws and carry out reforms to combat high inflation and unemployment. The Tunisian army has taken control now. The Tunis airspace is closed w when the main airport in Tunis has been shut down. Within the streets, three or more people are no longer allowed to meet. This has been banned by the government. President Ben Ali had attempted to placate demonstrators by lowering food prices, but no concessions were enough as Tunisians had apparently had enough after 27 years of Ben Ali within the presidency.

Unrest causing protests

The stability of Tunisia crumbled. This was because in Tunis, there have been constant protests and demonstrations for about a month. It started with the death of Mohamed Bouazizi, a college-educated street vendor who had been selling fruit from a cart to make ends meet. He protested by setting himself on fire after authorities took his cart.

Citations

CNN

cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/14/tunisia.protests/index.html

Al Jazeera

english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/01/2011114172228117723.html