Will Tunisia’s economy derail the revolution?

09/06/2013

A message from Tim Sebastian:

“We saw President Marzouki warning of this just a few days ago.  His view: “If this government doesn’t bring two million Tunisians out of poverty, then the revolution will fail.”

That’s a pretty stark comment on the state of the country.  And yet others will say that for the first time in decades, Tunisia has a stark chance to make real strides towards freedom and democracy.

Yes, there are problems but look at the growth of political parties, look at the debates about the new constitution, the free elections.  There are very strong impassioned voices on both sides of this argument.”