The Parliament of Tunisia chose the president of the former oppositionist Marzuki

A temporary president appeared in Tunisia. It was Montsef Marzuki, human rights activist and opposition, who came to power as a result of the "revolution of January 14" . Recall that the authoritarian president Zin Al-Abydin Ben Ali was overthrown and fled to Saudi Arabia.

Now, according to ITAR -TASS, for the candidacy of the 66 -year -old founder and leader of one of the parties - the Republican Congress - 153 deputies at three against and two abstained in the triple parliamentary coalition; 44 deputies lowered the "clean" ballots. 202 parliamentarians from the 217-seater National Constituent Assembly participated in the vote.

Thus, the second part of the Agreement between the leaders who created the "Triple Union" of the leading parties on the distribution of higher posts in the state was implemented. In accordance with the agreements by the coalition they reached by the coalition, the moderate Islamists from the An -Nahda (Renaissance) movement will be headed by the government: the prime minister will be received by the Gamadi Jebali General, Mustafa Ben Jafar, the head of the Assembly, the head of the rights democratic bloc for labor and freedom and freedom. ("At-Takatul"), and having lived for more than 10 years in the Parisian emigration of Marzuki, now has become president. The official ceremony of transferring powers from the current head of state Fuad Mabazaa to the elected president should take place within two days. The first step of Marzuki will be the appointment of the Prime Minister.

On October 23, the first after the overthrow of the regime of ex-president Ben Ali free elections to the constituent assembly. After the approval of the temporary senior leadership of the country and the Cabinet of Ministers, she should develop a new constitution of Tunisia during the year and prepare the country for universal elections. "An-Nahda" as a result of the vote received 89 seats in the assembly; The movement is followed by the Republican Congress (29 chairs), the "folk demand for justice and development" ("al-Arid"), which is headed by the Tunisian oligarch Hashmi Haadmy (26), as well as "At-Takatul" (20). The force considered by experts as a possible opponent Islamists - the progressive -democratic party (PDP), at the head of which is the well -known politician Ahmed Najib Shebby - received only 16 seats in the assembly and turned into opposition.