Tunisia's Prime Minister Habib Essid attends the first meeting of the new government at the government palace in Tunis February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
TUNIS (Reuters) - Just two days after confidently promising economic reforms to match Tunisia's transition to democracy, new Prime Minister Habib Essid was forced to say he would roll back a new tax after police shot dead a man protesting it.
Tunisia has been praised as an example of compromise politics and democratic transition since overthrowing its autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in a 2011 uprising, holding free elections and drafting a new constitution.
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