Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has announced his resignation at a news conference in Tunis.<\/p>\n
“I promised if my initiative did not succeed I would resign as head of the government and this is what I am doing following my meeting with the president,” Jebali said at the presidential palace.<\/p>\n
“Today there is a great disappointment among the people and we must regain their trust and this resignation is a first step.”<\/p>\n
An aide had hinted that Jebali might resign earlier on Tuesday, after the ruling Ennahda party rebuffed his plan to form a non-partisan cabinet to steer Tunisia through a crisis caused by the killing of leftwing politician Shokri Belaid.<\/p>\n
Jebali, who had warned of chaos if his plan fell through, made a last ditch effort to push for “another solution” and was due to meet President Moncef Marzouki later in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Jebali met the cabinet in the morning to say goodbye and to ask them to “continue to expedite current matters,” one government member said.<\/p>\n
Ennahda’s leader, Rachid Ghannouchi, had put forward his own proposal on Monday for a mixed government of politicians and technocrats and had said there was a consensus among political parties for Jebali to remain prime minister.<\/p>\n
Jebali did not rule out accepting if he was charged by the president once more to form a new government, but he said any new cabinet he would lead must be free from partisan haggling, inclusive and charged primarily with holding new elections.<\/p>\n
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