Tunisian Constituent Assembly speaker Mustapha Ben Jafar ordered the suspension, but not the dissolution, of the assembly. Education Minister Labyedh resigned yesterday, putting additional pressure on the ruling Islamist Ennahda party in the face of growing opposition demands for the dissolution of the assembly. Ennahda party chief Rachid Ghannouchi said his party insists that Prime Minister Larayedh must stay. Security forces suggested that the terrorists who killed eight soldiers recently in the Jebel Chaambi area may be linked to Kamal Bin Arabaya, a terrorist leader said to have been recently arrested in Algeria.
