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Tunisia's Turbulent Politics On Display at Public Forum

At a public debate in Tunis, the challenges of governance for the Ennahda party were on display.
A woman chants slogans and holds pictures of assassinated leftist politician Chokri Belaid during a demonstration against the Islamist Ennahda movement in Tunis February 23, 2013.   REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR3E69D

TUNIS, Tunisia — A month after the assassination of an opposition politician in Tunisia, a senior member of the ruling Ennahda party said Monday [March 4] their rivals' refusal to accept Islamists running the country is helping to stoke discord.

Amel Azzouz, a deputy in the National Constituent Assembly and member of Ennahda's Shura Council, said opposition forces have been "in shock" since her party gained control in Tunisia's first postrevolution elections in October 2011.

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