Tunisia Suspends Former Governing Party

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s interior minister suspended all activities of the country’s former governing party on Sunday amid the most serious protests since the country’s autocratic ruler fled into exile. The interior minister, Fahrat Rajhi, suspended all meetings of the party, the Democratic Constitutional Rally, and ordered that its offices and meeting places be closed in preparation for its dissolution, a ministry statement said. The official TAP news agency, which carried the statement, said Mr. Rajhi took action because of the ”extreme urgency” of the new protests and to ”preserve the higher interests of the nation.” The announcement…

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Tunisia Suspends Former Governing Party

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