Posted on 10/28/2011 9:13:23 AM PDT by george76
A Tunisian Islamist party has emerged victorious in the Arab Spring's first elections, taking 41.47 per cent of votes cast nine months after the ouster of dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali...
The Islamist Ennahda party now has the single-biggest share of the assembly that will rewrite the constitution, appoint a president and form a caretaker government, elections chief Kamel Jendoubi told journalists in Tunis.
He also announced the invalidation of six candidates' lists of the Petition for Justice and Development, including one in Sidi Bouzid, notably due to "financial irregularities".
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The provisional results put two leftist parties in second and third place after Sunday's historic polls: the Congress for the Republic (CPR) obtaining 30 seats, and Ettakatol 21 seats.
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The CPR has defended its coalition talks with the Islamist party.
"No, no, no it is not the devil and we do not make pacts with the devil," party leader Moncef Marzouki said on Wednesday.
"One must not take them for the Taliban of Tunisia. It is a moderate part of Islam."
The Progressive Democratic Party, which was polling in second place before the election, came fifth with 17 seats.
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On to Algeria and Morocco and then to Spain.
Haven’t we seen this movie before?
shocking...not
“Women and Gays hardest hit”?
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