While journalist Fahem Boukaddous is on a lengthy and life threatening hunger strike at Gafsa prison to protest, as you all know, a 4-year jail sentence imposed on him in July for doing his job, President Ben Ali claimed on Sunday that “no one in Tunisia has been deprived of his/her freedom or called to account because of his/her differing opinion or critical utterances,” reported the official news agency Tunis-Afrique Presse TAP).
Speaking during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the bloodless coup that brought him to power 23 years ago this Sunday, Ben Ali added that his policy of “Change” has “no aim but to elevate Tunisia to the highest ranks” and announced a “series of vanguard measures and decisions in the political field as well as in the different economic, social and cultural sectors,” said TAP
Reacting to the local and international outcry provoked by the notorious amendment to Article 61bis of the Penal Code in mid-June, he denied that “the intention behind the amendment” was to restrict freedoms. However, he acknowledged that this amendment “is aimed only at the persons who deliberately set out to undermine the country’s vital interests and economic security by inciting, or colluding with, an external party.”
“Besides, this amendment is not a novelty as such provisions do exist in the legislations of many countries,” Ben Ali said.
He also reiterated his claim that the activities of the Tunisian League for Human Rights have been “hindered in recent years as a result of internal differences” and offer to “help find a solution to its crisis so that it can resume its activity and remain above narrow-minded personal and partisan considerations and away from any exploitation.”
Echoing calls initiated by Ben Ali’s family and advisors on the “Architect of Change” to run for a 6th term in office in 2014, the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) exhorted its president to “keep on leading Tunisia’s progress in the coming stage, on the path of reform, change and action, and to forge ahead in discharging his historical noble mission in the service of the people.”
Like similar ruling parties in the region, North Korea and Burma, RCD urged Ben Ali to stay in power to provide the country with “the best chances of excellence and radiance and reach the highest levels of invulnerability and glory.”
Kamel Labidi
While I was listening to the man’s speech…….all i could think of is the movie: LIAR LIAR
WHAT IS THE HIGHEST RANK?
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST LIE?
COULD THEY BE ON SAME LEVEL?
WHAT IS A DEFINITION OF HIGHEST RANK?
HAVE WE ATTAINED THE HIGHEST NUMBER
OF POLITICAL PRISONERS YET?.
IF we didn’t detain the political prisoner
in jail can we go in and check on their content?
What is the most misunderstanding of the power
of words done by any country leader other than
ZIBLA:that is what was elevated to the highest
rank my observing from down under.
What is the highest denials by zibla?;
that is the high ranking he rants about.
Ben ali est un menteur ,c est connu,mais ce qui est embarassant c est qu il ment en direct a la television devant des millions de gens et devant les ambassadeurs etrangers qui tous savent qu il ment.c est honteux pour le pays et en plus ca ne sert a rien car un mensonge n est utile que s il est credible.Croire qu on n attaque pas les gens qui critiquent le regime en tunisie,c est aussi stupide que de croire que les medecins nazis faisaient de l humanitaire
WE ARE ELEVATING TUNISIA TO THE
HIGHEST RANKING OF:
UNemlpoyment number per head of population.
The most corrupted state.
The most censured and watched people by cops.
THE dirtiest beaches on the med ;raw sewer included.
With the most rubbish tips in the street near you.
The most unfonctionable water drainage in the world.
The most number of policemen by head of populations.
The most police barricades between two towns,check ups extra.
The most people that want to depart it’s shores.
The list will go on and on…
some more creative tunisians will fill the void….
pourquoi se justifie t il?ca s adresse a qui?certainement pas au peuple.Ben ali semble etre sous pression et fait des ouvertures pour diminuer cette pression.qui le met sous pression????
attn:to fabiie
A-Ben Ali reste president jsq-la mort.ou surprise ESSAQR El-Matri
sera le President 2014. pour assurer la vie de Trabelsi & Co
B- l’oppsition et survivre avec le reste de debaraase sur la table
C- la montalite des Tunisien ( Ackta RASI wa ADHREB )
D- si il ya de changement mais pas avec eux qu´ils parlent: nous sommes arabes et muslem etc.. ici : Ben Ali ou autre regime Arabe on besoin des Terrorism (COMME LE PHANTOM EL-QUAIDA)et profite de leur solidarite internationale.
pour un vrais changement : voir I -NEWTON (PHYSIQUE) il a dit:
a chaque ACTION il ya un RE-ACTION-
ZIBLA IS DIAGNOSED WITH :PARANOIA,SCHIZOPHRENIA
DIMENTIA ,CLAPTOMANIA AND IMPULSIVE LIAR.
IF he doesn’t believe me check with an
independant doctors?.
Paranoia:he has an absolute fear with any one critical
or uttering any objectionable word that doesn’t
contain a praise about his clairevoyance and the
goodness he brought about by his coup.
We can deliver to him the list of jailed tunisians
that dared utter words against him plus a few
articles by RASHA MOUNEH:WWW,hrw,org/fr and many
other reputable organisations
Put that in you pipe and smoke it?.
It may jolt memory,
Dimentia: what you said ZIBLA on the 23 anniversary
of your coup tastify to your lack of any recollection
of any utterance of critical voices.
SCHIZOPHRENIA: like a snake slithering you tell nice
words and act bad deeds.
CLAPTOMANIA: which institution you and your family
you didn’t put you handson and in.
Where is the 2626 money gone and the national security
and insurance gone?.
LIAR:looking in your eyes can only tell how impulsive
stubborn liar,you elevated it to dizziying hights..
hi also to hamilcar
neo we miss your imput
thanks every one up there tunisia appreciates
your concerns.
Mister Ben Ali;
I’m sorry the entire country is in jail…
You cannot even breath or say a single word against the nomenclatura “ben ali, the Trabelsis & their cronies”…
It is very shameful to be under the mercy of these individuals…