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Tunisia's Ennahda vacillating over leader's future in the party

Ennahda is slated to elect a new leader in May, but some members want the vote moved forward in light of the movement's leader, Rachid Ghannouchi, now also serving as speaker of parliament, but others appear to want bylaws to be changed to allow him to remain as movement head.

Leader of the Islamist Ennahda party Rachid Ghannouchi attends presidential candidate Abdelfattah Mourou's election campaign in Tunis, Tunisia, September 13, 2019. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed REFILE - CORRECTING IDENTITY, ACTION AND EVENT - RC132F03FE50
Ennahda leader Rachid Ghannouchi attends a campaign event for presidential candidate Abdelfattah Mourou, Tunis, Sept. 13, 2019. — REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

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