Tunisian assembly finalizes constitution
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Tunisian MPs attend a session at the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) as part of the debates on a new constitution on January 17, 2014, in Tunis. (Photo: AFP - Fethi Belaid)
#Tunisia's national assembly approved the final articles of the country’s new constitution on Thursday, three years after their uprising toppled autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali . Tunisia’s new charter, which the assembly will likely vote on Saturday to approve fully, was widely praised for its inclusiveness. “Finally, we have reached this moment,” Assembly President Mustapha Ben Jaafar said as deputies chanted the national anthem in the assembly chamber in Tunis. read (...)