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Tunisian parliament set to reject new government in Friday vote

10 January 2020, 2:32 PM  |
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The parties that have already said they will vote against it have a combined 120 seats, so Habib Jemli would need to peel off some of their MPs as well as winning over all independents to secure the 109 seats needed for majority support.

The parties that have already said they will vote against it have a combined 120 seats, so Habib Jemli would need to peel off some of their MPs as well as winning over all independents to secure the 109 seats needed for majority support.

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The parties that have already said they will vote against it have a combined 120 seats, so Habib Jemli would need to peel off some of their MPs as well as winning over all independents to secure the 109 seats needed for majority support.

Tunisia’s parliament looked poised to reject a proposed new government on Friday after only one party said it would support it in a vote of confidence, meaning a complex coalition-building process may need to start again.

Designated prime minister Habib Jemli urged parliament to support his proposed cabinet as the debate began on Friday morning, before a vote expected later in the day.

However, the only party in the deeply fragmented parliament to say it will back his government is the moderate Islamist Ennahda, which nominated Jemli as prime minister after coming first in the October 6 election with 53 of the 217 seats.

The parties that have already said they will vote against it have a combined 120 seats, so Jemli would need to peel off some of their MPs as well as winning over all independents to secure the 109 seats needed for majority support.

If Jemli loses the confidence vote, President Kais Saied, who was also elected in October, can ask somebody else to try to build a coalition able to command a majority in parliament.

Even if he manages to win the confidence vote, however, it would likely be by so small a margin that his government would be very fragile, with little chance of passing painful economic reforms that analysts say are needed.

Youssef Chahed, who has served as prime minister since 201‮‮6‬‬, and was a losing candidate in the presidential election, will continue as acting premier until a new government is appointed.

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