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August 6th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda In an interview published by Belgian daily Le Soir on Monday, Rachid Ghannouchi said his party was open to dialogue with the opposition parties to modify Tunisia’s political transition, AFP reported.
Ghannouchi, however, ruled out the possibility of removing Prime Minister Ali Larayedh or dissolving a temporary Constituent Assembly, now weeks away from finishing a draft constitution and electoral law.
“We are in the final 100 meters of the transitional process and we refuse to start all over from scratch,” Ghannouchi told the newspaper.
“We are looking into the idea of a referendum as an alternative solution to the crisis,” he said.
Prime Minister Larayedh had already raised this possibility on July 29. He pointed out, however, that the government will not step down despite opposition’s demands.
“This government will stay in office: we are not clinging to power, but we have a duty and a responsibility that we will exercise to the end,” Larayedh said.
He also proposed December 17 as the date for the general elections.
The government has faced street protests after the 25 July killing of left-wing MP Mohamed Brahmi, the leader of the small Popular Movement party.
Brahmi’s death was the second political assassination this year. In February, prominent opposition politician Chokri Belaid was also assassinated.
Government opponents blame the Ennahda-led coalition government for both killings.
Meanwhile, protests against the government continued on Monday. Witnesses said police shot into the air and fired teargas to break up anti-government demonstrations in the southern town of Sidi Bouzid, birthplace of the country’s 2011 revolution.
A coalition of opposition parties has also called for a rally on Tuesday to demand the departure of the government and the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly.
Tunisia, the birthplace of pro-democracy protests across North Africa and the Middle East, is struggling with a democratic changeover after the overthrow of its Western-backed dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.
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