突尼西亞投票選制憲大會成員

   
As Other Arab Nations Watch, Tunisia Casts Historic Vote  'TUNIS — Millions of Tunisians cast votes on Sunday for an assembly to draft a new constitution, in a burst of pride and hope that after inspiring the regional revolt that is still shaking the Arab world, their small country could now lead the way to democracy.  ...  After 10 months of anxiety and street protests since the sudden uprising that forced their former president, the autocrat Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, to flee the country, Tunisians standing in orderly lines to vote expressed confidence that, for the first time in their history, an honest count of their ballots would determine the country’s future.   ...   “Today is the day of independence,” said Amin Ganhouba, 30, a technician. “Today we got our freedom, and our dignity, from the simple act of voting.'

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突尼西亞人民推翻獨裁者

〔自由時報 2011Jan16 編譯羅彥傑／綜合十五日外電報導〕北非國家突尼西亞的獨裁總統賓阿里，因失業率飆高與涉貪引發龐大民怨與長達一個月的街頭抗議活動後，十四日倉皇流亡沙國，結束其長達二十三年的鐵腕統治，這也是現代阿拉伯世界史上，首度有政權因群眾示威而垮台。國會下院議長米巴薩依憲法十五日宣誓就任臨時總統，並隨即要求總理甘諾奇籌組聯合政府。但突國情勢並未因此緩和，首都突尼斯槍聲不斷，暴力有惡化趨勢。 ... 當賓阿里流亡時，長期效忠他的總理甘諾奇很快接掌政權，擔任臨時總統。因此外界猜測賓阿里有可能東山再起。不過，突國憲法法院十五日宣布，賓阿里再也無法復職，由國會下議院議長米巴薩暫代職權，米巴薩最多有六十天可以籌辦新選舉。

 (民視新聞 2011Jan16 譚淑君綜合報導)  北非突尼西亞民眾，因為不滿政府貪腐，民不聊生，過去三週來發動大規模暴動，獨裁23年的總統本阿里終於被推翻，流亡沙烏地阿拉伯。 ...  民眾與倒戈的軍人藏不住喜悅，在街頭歡呼慶祝。 信仰伊斯蘭教的突尼西亞因為言論與集會自由長年受到壓制，反對勢力並不活躍。不過網路科技崛起後，民眾的不滿有了宣洩管道。這次政變的導火線，是一名念過大學的攤販，因為無照賣菜遭到警察刁難，憤而自焚。消息透過臉書、推特等社群網站，還有手機的快速傳播，讓原本已經不滿高失業率與高糧價的民怨，反撲地更快更兇猛。 ....