Party in Tunisian ruling coalition demands new government
(Reuters) - A secular party in Tunisia's ruling Islamist-led coalition demanded a unity government on Monday to defuse a deepening political crisis, hours after the army sealed a square in the capital where protesters had clashed.
Tensions have been mounting over opposition efforts to oust the government following last week's assassination of a leftist politician, the second such killing in six months.
Soldiers blocked off the central Bardo square in Tunis, declaring it a "closed military zone" after pro- and anti-government protesters threw rocks at each other.
The secular Ettakatol party called for the coalition led by the Islamist Ennahda party to step down.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/29/us-tunisia-protests-idUSBRE96S0C420130729
