TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) ? A former prime minister who led Tunisia's transition government after the fall of its autocratic leader has launched a new political party to counter-balance the Islamists running the North African country.
Beji Caid Essebsi announced the formation of the Nida' Tounes, or Call of Tunisia, party on Saturday before thousands of people, men, women and artists, in a packed hall. The 85-year-old politician said he wants a party "that unifies everyone, without exclusion." He called it a "balancing force that can create conditions for an alternative."
The moderate Islamist Ennahda party was elected after a transition period following the ouster in January 2011 of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. However, hardline Islamists are emerging and last week clashed with police over an art exhibit they judged blasphemous.
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