Since the 2011 revolution in Tunisia, the state of emergency
has been the order of the country , the cradle of
the Arab Spring -- the grass-roots movement that toppled autocratic
leaders and promoted freedom and democracy across the Arabic-speaking
region in North Africa and the Middle East.
The order went into
effect Wednesday, and the announcement was made Thursday on the
president's official Facebook page The government in November extended
the state of emergency to June, but Marzouki ended it earlier.
"It should be noted that
lifting the state of emergency does not limit the ability of the various
security agencies of law enforcement from seeking the assistance of
military forces when appropriate ... including the related areas of
military operations and along the border areas," the decree said.
There has been political
turmoil and violence in Tunisia after the January 2011 ouster of former
leader Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, instability that threatened to disrupt a
democratic transition in a country once seen as a model of
post-revolutionary stability in a still volatile region.
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