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2010-04-11
Tunisian's main opposition party plans local election boycott
Tunisia's Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday (April 9th) announced a boycott of the May 9th municipal elections, AP reported. In a statement, the country's main opposition party said that the "current electoral system establishes the domination of the ruling party on representative bodies". PDP Secretary-General Maya Jribi is the first woman to head a political party in Tunisia.
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Anonymous 2010-4-12
In apathetic Tunisia, where men’s voices are not longer heard, there is fortunately a handful of women to save the honour of a nation humiliated by dictatorship.
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