(19 Jan 2011)
Tunis, Tunisia - 19 January 2011
1. Various of people in Tunis
2. Various of exterior of Prime Minister's office
3. Arrival of Moncer Rouissi, Social Affairs Minister
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Ahmed Ibrahim, Education Minister:
"It is necessary for a government to be put in place so it can address the urgent questions because we must work on the new political reforms."
5. Arrival of Foreign Minister Kamel Morjane
6. Pull out of exterior of Prime Minister's office
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed Najib Chebbi, Development Minister:
"Tomorrow we will look at the practical application of creating this body. We will look into bringing back the belongings of the ruling party."
8. Various set up shots of political analyst Larbi Chouikha
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Larbi Chouikha, political analyst:
"It is true that the government poses a problem for many Tunisians, a vast majority refuses to see the symbols of the former party of Ben Ali, RCD. The goal that everyone should understand is that we must restore the authority of the state."
10. Various cutaways of Chouikha
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Larbi Chouikha, political analyst:
"What happens with the withdrawal of ministers and unions is a pity but everyone is free, I just launch a call for common sense and accountability of politicians because this achievement (talking of democracy) is too fragile
12. Various of demonstrators on streets of Tunis
13. Mid of boy holding balloons
Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia - 19 January 2011
14. Wide of rally in support of political leader Moncef Marzouki who returned to Tunisia from exile on Tuesday
15. Mid of crowds surrounding Marzouki
16. Marzouki standing with supporters
17. Marzouki addressing crowds, calling for democratic elections
18. Wide of banner reading (Arabic): "Trials for the gangs of corruption"
STORYLINE
Tunisia's interim government, already hobbled by defections, was expected to hold its first cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
A Tunis airport official said that the Tunisian foreign minister, Kamal Merjan, left the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheik on Wednesday before the start of an Arab League summit, without giving any reason.
Four ministers resigned on Tuesday - within 24 hours of being appointed to the unprecedented multiparty cabinet by Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi.
On Wednesday the remaining ministers were keen to underline the necessity of getting on with the business of governing.
"It is necessary for a government to be put in place so it can address the urgent questions because we must work on the new political reforms," said Ahmed Ibrahim, the Tunisian Education Minister.
Ahmed Najib Chebbi, the Development Minister, added that "tomorrow we will look at the practical application of creating this body. We will look into bringing back the belongings of the ruling party."
More than 100 people have died in about a month of unrest that preceded and followed Deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's ouster, according to the United Nations.
Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia on Friday after 23 years in power.
Ben Ali's longtime prime minister Ghannouchi kept his post and is trying to convince Tunisians that a new era has arrived - even if the composition of the interim government has many faces from the old guard.
Hundreds of protesters led a peaceful - if noisy - rally in central Tunis on Wednesday, demanding that former allies of Ben Ali stop clinging to power.
Meanwhile around 400 demonstrators rallied on Wednesday morning in the city of Sidi Bouzid in support of Moncef Marzouki, a Tunisian politician who was in exile in Paris for over 20 years.
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