<span style="color: #222222;">Tunisia's President Kais Saied has named former Finance Minister Elyes Fakhfakh as Prime Minister-designate. He will now face the difficult task of forming a cabinet within a month. Fakhfakh's proposal will have to gain the approval of a divided parliament, which this month rejected an earlier attempt to form a government.<br />''</span><br />''After months of negotiations that followed elections last October, parliament dismissed a cabinet list proposed under the leadership of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party. Ennahdha won more seats than any other party in October's legislative election, but was still far short of a majority.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">If Fakhfakh, 47, fails to form a government, the next step would be dissolution of the assembly. Tunisia is currently run by an outgoing government led by Prime Minister Youssef Chahed.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | January 21, 2020 7:58 AM
Tunisia: Former FM Elyes Fakhfakh named PM-designate