Tunisia's ruling parties set to oust PM in confidence vote


  • World
  • Saturday, 23 Jul 2016

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid delivers a speech during a joint news conference with Prime Minister of Libya's unity government Fayez Seraj (not pictured) in Tripoli, Libya, May 6, 2016. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's parliament looks set to sack technocrat Prime Minister Habib Essid next week after the parties in the ruling coalition said they would not back him in a confidence vote.

Essid has been under pressure to quit after President Beji Caid Essebsi called last month for a new unity government that could push through economic reforms and calm social tensions.

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