(Updates, 1445 ET)
* General amnesty has been declared for political prisoners and exiles. Bill goes to Chamber of Deputies.
* All banned political parties will be recognized.
* Beginning Friday, three days of mourning will take place to honor those killed in the month of fighting
* Banking sector bracing for losses from massive loans to The Family. International rating agencies downgrading Tunisian credit, currency.
* Nice piece from Thursday's "Diane Rehm Show" on NPR. Dr. Jebnoun's assertions about a brand new constitution are spot-on. If you don't believe me, read this summary of Tunisian government structure. (Thanks to Kristin K. for the heads-up!)
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* The interim government is in the midst of its first meetings today. All ministers have now quit the RCD - a change of clothes was apparently necessary. Protests are going out of Tunis again, with BBC reporting Gafsa and El Kef being hit with uprisings today.
* This piece from VOA explains EXACTLY what needs to happen next from this side of the Atlantic. Impartial help with the structure of elections and in building civil society institutions. And it needs to start happening in a hurry if we're going to capitalize on this.
* NYT column echoes what came out of Le Quotidien yesterday: Ghannouchi isn't perfect, but you need a few old hands working toward transition.
* Mebazaa got on TV last night and said much the same thing: We understand that this is a revolution, we want to have elections, but we need to have this interim caretaker government to stabilize things in order to have the best conditions for an election - an election they are now saying will be in the next six months, rather than the next two, as mandated in the Tunisian constitution.
* Yesterday was a bad day to be a Trabelsi or Ben Ali. Thirty-three members of The Family were rounded up by police as a nationwide inquiry into Family finances began.
* A friend who got to Tunis on a somewhat scary Monday says that things had markedly improved by yesterday - there was food and gas to be had, people seemed to be out and about, and protests seemed to be contained to Ave HB.
* General amnesty has been declared for political prisoners and exiles. Bill goes to Chamber of Deputies.
* All banned political parties will be recognized.
* Beginning Friday, three days of mourning will take place to honor those killed in the month of fighting
* Banking sector bracing for losses from massive loans to The Family. International rating agencies downgrading Tunisian credit, currency.
* Nice piece from Thursday's "Diane Rehm Show" on NPR. Dr. Jebnoun's assertions about a brand new constitution are spot-on. If you don't believe me, read this summary of Tunisian government structure. (Thanks to Kristin K. for the heads-up!)
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* The interim government is in the midst of its first meetings today. All ministers have now quit the RCD - a change of clothes was apparently necessary. Protests are going out of Tunis again, with BBC reporting Gafsa and El Kef being hit with uprisings today.
* This piece from VOA explains EXACTLY what needs to happen next from this side of the Atlantic. Impartial help with the structure of elections and in building civil society institutions. And it needs to start happening in a hurry if we're going to capitalize on this.
* NYT column echoes what came out of Le Quotidien yesterday: Ghannouchi isn't perfect, but you need a few old hands working toward transition.
* Mebazaa got on TV last night and said much the same thing: We understand that this is a revolution, we want to have elections, but we need to have this interim caretaker government to stabilize things in order to have the best conditions for an election - an election they are now saying will be in the next six months, rather than the next two, as mandated in the Tunisian constitution.
* Yesterday was a bad day to be a Trabelsi or Ben Ali. Thirty-three members of The Family were rounded up by police as a nationwide inquiry into Family finances began.
* A friend who got to Tunis on a somewhat scary Monday says that things had markedly improved by yesterday - there was food and gas to be had, people seemed to be out and about, and protests seemed to be contained to Ave HB.
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