Tunisian protesters have called on the government to take action against the rise of insecurity and violence in the country, Press TV reports.
“Politicians, journalists and national figures are aggressed every day, the government should intervene to defend liberty and to impose security. We feel that the government is not playing its role of protecting the citizens,” Iyed Dahmani, a member of parliament from Progressive Democratic Party told Press TV correspondent on Saturday.
The demonstration took place more than a year after the rule of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali came to end during a popular revolution sparked by grievances that had buffeted the Tunisian people for 23 years under his iron-fist dictatorship.
“This demonstration is a way of supporting freedom of expression in Tunisia, we are against any forms of violence. After more than fifty years of independence and revolution we cannot accept that people resort to violence to impose their political views,” the journalist and writer Mohamad Bergaoui said.
Ben Ali's regime collapsed on January 14, 2011 after weeks of bloody protests over corruption, unemployment, and high food prices. He fled to Saudi Arabia with his family on the same day.
The popular revolution sparked a wave of anti-regime protests in North Africa and Middle East, promptly known as the Islamic Awakening, and led to the downfall of long-time dictators in Egypt and Libya.
