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Article: Tunisia's stability may be illusory.
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- Market Africa Mid-East
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
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Tunisia maintains the admiration and goodwill of international financial agencies owing to its favorable macroeconomic record over the past several years.
Typical of comments supporting Tunisia's reputation is the following from a 2007 report from the African Development Bank (ADB). "Tunisia has a stable political environment, with one President since 1987, who is backed by the Rassemblement constitutionnel democratique (RCD). He won a 4th term in 2004 with 89% of the votes cast and enjoys a huge majority in parliament (80% of the 189 seats)."
Immediate suspicion ought to be cast on this type of comment from the huge majorities from both the electoral ...