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| Tunisian parties reach compromise on constitution |
| 2013-12-29 |
| The head of TunisiaÂ’s transitional parliament said rival political parties reached agreement on contentious points in a draft constitution, and the document will go to the legislature January 3. Parliament President Mustapha Ben Jaafar said on Saturday the ruling Islamist party, which had wanted a pure parliamentary system, agreed instead to give more powers to a president, including the power to dissolve the legislature. In another compromise reached on Saturday, the government, which had already agreed to hand power to technocrats in the run-up to elections, will do so on January 8. |
| Posted by:Steve White |