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| | Par:- Gilles Ribouet
On 25/10/2011 |
Dans le calme. C’est ainsi que s’est poursuivie la révolution tunisienne dimanche dernier. Dans le calme et la ferveur. Une ferveur inédite : un vote libre, démocratique et massif. Le taux de participation à ces premières élections post-Ben Ali frôle les 90 %. Une envie de démocratie. Un besoin irrépressible de faire entendre sa voix.
L’ivresse de la réussite du scrutin ne doit pas faire oublier le plus important : consolider la démocratie dans cet Etat salué pour ses performances économiques et sociales, même sous Ben Ali.
Le paysage politique tunisien atomisé a porté préjudice aux partis progressistes laïcs. Le gagnant devrait être le parti islamo-conservateur Ennahda. Faut-il s’en inquiéter ? Pas forcément. Crier au loup simplement parce qu’une formation a une lecture politique de l’islam serait préjudiciable. C’est un retour voulu par la base tunisienne à des fondements religieux musulmans et traditionnels arabes qui se lira certainement dans les résultats.
D’ores et déjà, le leader du parti Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi, revenu d’un exil de vingt ans, cherche à rassurer : il se dit inspiré par le modèle turc qui allie islamisme et démocratie. L’engouement des partisans tranche avec la crainte d’autres Tunisiens, notamment des jeunes et des citadins, qui ont hué le chef d’Ennahda, le traitant de terroriste. Le discours modéré n’a pas fait mouche. La gueule de bois après l’ivresse électorale ?
Les Tunisiens de tous bords qu’on a pu entendre sur les radios internationales ont laissé exploser leur joie de voter, ont répété leur envie de changement. Surtout, ils ont rappelé que Ben Ali avait valeur d’exemple. Que la dérive soit politico-kleptocrate ou politico-religieuse, nul doute que les Tunisiens sauront préserver leur nouvel acquis. Et le président de l’Instance supérieure indépendante des élections, Kamel Jendoubi, de vouloir travailler à la consolidation des contre-pouvoirs.
Reste un dernier chantier : l’emploi. La réussite politique du printemps arabe ne sera consommée qu’en garantissant un emploi décent, stable et justement rémunéré aux 200 000 jeunes Tunisiens qui vont grossir le marché du travail prochainement.
Qu’on se le rappelle, c’est le désespoir d’un jeune chômeur de Sidi Bouzid, Mohamed Bouzizi, qui a allumé la mèche des révolutions arabes.
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| Tryptophan | | | @Starbright: I am not aware that the recent election in Tunisia was about "migration to Europe". I don't think it is. | | | Starbright | | | @Tryptophan: Sorry mate but i just would like to know the purpose to start a revolt, being successful and then leaving the country? As far as i'm concerned, i don't understand why Tunisians now don't stay in their own country for any changes, why living on European tax money instead?Please don't get me wrong but too many of them are landing everyday in Lampedusa forcing Italy to beg the EU for financial help.They revolted, they were successful, now deal with the situation,but please not on European expenses.They have now got an Islamic government as you said but please believe me they will keep on fleeing the country and head for Europe. | | | chitchat | | | @Tryptophan, Many apologies, I got derailed by Starbright and screwed up your views. The article is indeed about the present election in Tunisia.I wish every success to the Tunisian's new assembly when it convenes in a few days which will control both Legislative and executive powers until a new constitution is agreed. There is cause for concern as it is characteristic
of the Arabs to agree to bitterly disagree for the better. | | | Tryptophan | | | @Chitchat: I thought the article is about the ( democratic) election in Tunisia, and its outcome. To any observer of politics, and of societies, this outcome was largely predicted. How can any objective mind ( whether one is Atheist or not) disregard the reasons why the electorate of Tunisia support, and have faith in, an Islamic-inspired project of government. (There must be something attractive about Turkey for them !) If I am prepared to accept the “verdict” ( as we are all expected to do in the name of the sanctity of democratic values) of the Mauritian electorate for “choosing” our Prime Minister based on the intricacies of our particular caste-system, who am I to make value judgements on the “natural” development of events , referred to as the Arab Spring? There is a Mauritian sociological logic for having a Vaish as Prime Minister, just as there is an Arab logic for Islam within the wider context of Christian European logic of global Capitalist-Democracy.
Akin to the domino effect, events are moving so fast that even us, on this blog, are having problems catching up . We are already speaking of Sharia in Lybia, as if pre-empting Gilles Ribouet’s next Blog, which I await impatiently.
I do take on board Starbright’s comments, but I believe he is underestimating the judgement of those on the ground ( i.e the Arabs determined to wipe the slate clean) who have already tasted the potion Starbright prescribes. Perhaps they do not like either its taste nor its healing effectiveness.
| | | Honky Tonk | | | No, the Arab spring is not over yet. The new Libya is considering the Islamic Sharia law as a new source to it's legislation and i'm afraid that there won't be no democracy as expected particularly for women.I just wanna emphasize that polygamy was banned under Colonel Gaddafi but now every single man will be allowed to have up to 4 wives.There will also be changes as far as marriages and divorces are concerned. Many will look at it as a nightmare from bad to worse. | | | chitchat | | |
@Trytophan, I do not always share the comments of starbright but,the transitional government
would favour the Islamic Sharia law as the "basic source" of legislation in the country and the
existing laws that contradict the teaching of Islam be nullified. With Sharia law imposed, the
sheep will be controlled through Islam and benefit the masters, the people would dream of
having Gaddafi back and worship him. There may shortly be another Lybian uprising. | | | Tryptophan | | | @ Starbright: It is quite possible that you are looking at Middle Eastern politics from the wrong end of the telescope. If you listen to the young, the old, the males and the females, they are in their majority to say that they see in an "islamic" government a guarantee against corruption, white collar thefts, injustice. Perhaps they have ran out of ideas. | | | Starbright | | | The most dangerous foes are the armed Jihadists.In Egypt, Yemen,Libya and Syria, the most significant future rivalry is unlikely to be between the Islamists and the so-called pro-democracy secular forces.It might be between mainstream Islamists and Salafists.There are many possible outcomes- from restoration of old order to military takeover, from unruly fragmentation to creeping islamization.It's too early to forecast whether the Arab spring is over or not. | | | Lélio Wong | | | L'évolution après la révolution, reste à savoir qui seront les nouveaux profiteurs. Des milliers d'exilés politiques retourneront pas pour se conformer démocratiquement à une nouvelle reforme mais pour des renaissances individuelles. Les intentions de Rached Ghannouchi d'islamiser la démocratie en Tunisie, si ce ne sera pas un "remake" du retour de l'exil d'Ayatollah Khomeni en Iran en 1978. La révolution arabe n'est pas encore à sa fin, une fin qui fera replacer le fondamentalisme. Un choix encore à juger ! | |
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