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Mohamed Abbou
He explained that his resignation was the result of a controversy over his powers particularly relating to an administrative action monitoring system.He said that his resignation had no relation to the current contoversy between the interim President Mr Moncef Marzouki and the Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali over the extradition of the former Libyan prime minister Baghdadi Mahmoudi who served under Mouammer Gaddafi.
He had decided not to resign on 24 May when the Ennhada led government had indicated that he would be entitled to have the prerogatives necessary for the creation of a monitoring authority in the fight against corruption which is "an urgent need of administrative reform" and had been agreed by members of the Troika. He was stunned to receive a note from Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali declining to give him the prerogatives he requested.Mr Abbou is the Secretary General of the CPR party, the same party as President Moncef Marzouki.
He said that " I wish that my decision to resign would not impact on our partners in the ruling coaltion at this delicate stage".He said that his decision to resign had nothing to do with electoral ambitions and that Moncef Marzouki would be the CPR party's candidate for the Presidency in the next election.
Mr Ayoub Massaoudi principal adviser in charge of information to President Marzouki had also resigend earlier and Mr Mohamed Abbou said that "he had been under pressure over the last few days over "some work malfunctioning" including the recent postponement of a speech the President was due to have given on Thursday.
Mr Abbou is lawyer and human rights activist and founder of the International Association to Support Political Prisoners (AISPP) and member of the National Council for Liberties in Tunisia (CNLT).
He was jailed by ousted President Ben Ali for two and a half years for "the publication of anything likely to disturb public order", before being released in 2007 following a presidential pardon. The resignation of Mr Abbou is likely to be related to the political crisis between the government and the presidency over the extradition of the former Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, reports Jeune Afrique. The crisis appears to be hotting up and Presidenbt Marzoui refusd to sign two decress relating to the IMF. The sacking of the Governor of the Central Bank whilst not linked to the dispute between the President and the Prime Minister does add to the sense of crisis.Ennhada has the majority of seats in the Constituent Assembly and the powers are vested in the Prime Minister not the President following a decision by the Consituent Assemby after its creation.It could be that the relationship of the ruling Troika or at least the President and Prime Minister is unravelling and the dispute of the extradition of Mahmoudi was revealed a dispute over powers within the interim government that has wider ramifications.
He had decided not to resign on 24 May when the Ennhada led government had indicated that he would be entitled to have the prerogatives necessary for the creation of a monitoring authority in the fight against corruption which is "an urgent need of administrative reform" and had been agreed by members of the Troika. He was stunned to receive a note from Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali declining to give him the prerogatives he requested.Mr Abbou is the Secretary General of the CPR party, the same party as President Moncef Marzouki.
He said that " I wish that my decision to resign would not impact on our partners in the ruling coaltion at this delicate stage".He said that his decision to resign had nothing to do with electoral ambitions and that Moncef Marzouki would be the CPR party's candidate for the Presidency in the next election.
Mr Ayoub Massaoudi principal adviser in charge of information to President Marzouki had also resigend earlier and Mr Mohamed Abbou said that "he had been under pressure over the last few days over "some work malfunctioning" including the recent postponement of a speech the President was due to have given on Thursday.
Mr Abbou is lawyer and human rights activist and founder of the International Association to Support Political Prisoners (AISPP) and member of the National Council for Liberties in Tunisia (CNLT).
He was jailed by ousted President Ben Ali for two and a half years for "the publication of anything likely to disturb public order", before being released in 2007 following a presidential pardon. The resignation of Mr Abbou is likely to be related to the political crisis between the government and the presidency over the extradition of the former Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, reports Jeune Afrique. The crisis appears to be hotting up and Presidenbt Marzoui refusd to sign two decress relating to the IMF. The sacking of the Governor of the Central Bank whilst not linked to the dispute between the President and the Prime Minister does add to the sense of crisis.Ennhada has the majority of seats in the Constituent Assembly and the powers are vested in the Prime Minister not the President following a decision by the Consituent Assemby after its creation.It could be that the relationship of the ruling Troika or at least the President and Prime Minister is unravelling and the dispute of the extradition of Mahmoudi was revealed a dispute over powers within the interim government that has wider ramifications.
