{Tunisia’s political party chiefs will meet on Friday to agree on a prime minister tasked with leading the country out of a deep crisis, said the union mediating the talks.}<\/p>\n
The powerful UGTT union did not specify the time of the meeting, which would also aim to take “a set of decisions to accelerate the adoption of the constitution”.<\/p>\n
Under a roadmap for the negotiations that started a week ago, the ruling Islamist Ennahda party and opposition are to announce on Saturday the name of the person who will succeed Ali Larayedh as premier.<\/p>\n
At the same time, the Constituent National Assembly must elect members of the future electoral commission before starting the process to adopt a constitution that has taken two years to draft and must be completed by the end of November.<\/p>\n
The political parties and the media have said there are four people vying for the post of prime minister to lead the country until elections.<\/p>\n
Under the timetable for the talks, a new prime minister will have two weeks to form a government of independents.<\/p>\n
Larayedh has pledged to step down so long as the timetable is respected. The Assembly has until the end of November to also draw up a new constitution and an electoral law.<\/p>\n
The political crisis erupted in July with the killing of opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi by suspected jihadists, triggering calls for the resignation of Larayedh’s government.<\/p>\n
Tensions ran high in Tunis late Monday as the national dialogue went ahead, and members from rival leftist and Islamist student unions clashed on a university campus, leaving five people wounded.<\/p>\n
Since the 2011 uprising that ousted Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and kicked off the Arab Spring, Tunisia has suffered a series of attacks blamed on jihadist groups previously suppressed under the long-ruling strongman.<\/p>\n
The extremist groups have mounted several attacks on security forces, especially in the rugged border region with Algeria.<\/p>\n
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