Baku-APA. Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh on Monday called general elections for Dec. 17 amid long-running protests that demanded the ouster of the Islamist-led transitional government, APA reports quoting Xinhua
Larayedh stressed that his government is not clinging to power but rather fulfilling its duty, the report said.
The prime minister's announcement came four days after the assassination of a prominent opposition figure, Mohamed Brahmi, a strong opponent against the ruling Ennahdha in the Constitutional Assembly.
Since the assassination, thousands of people have marched in the streets, calling for the resignation of the government.
Before that, Tunisia had long been witnessing calls to dissolve the Constitutional Assembly, which the opposition parties see as being controlled by the Islamist Ennahdha.
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