Tunisia. Transition .- The Tunisian Government decided today to grant a general amnesty for political prisoners in the country and adopt an executive order to that effect "in the coming days," said government spokesman, Taieb Bacuch. Following the meeting of the Council of Ministers, Bacuch told reporters that the general amnesty "has been adopted" by the Government and that legislation was adopted "in the coming days", but did not specify the details of this law, which probably decree the country's interim president, Fuad Mebaza.
Last week the National Assembly (Congress) and House of Councillors (Senate) approved grant full powers to the president to rule by decree, thereby avoiding the need to pass laws in Parliament, from the old regime. Once the Government has given its approval to the general amnesty requires only a presidential decree to approve final legislation.
The first Transitional Government of Tunisia, with several ministers of the former regime in key positions, had already adopted a draft law on general amnesty few days after the flight from the country of Ben Ali on 14 January. However, the project was not officially adopted or developed and many Tunisians reported in recent weeks dozens of political prisoners remained in prison.
On Wednesday, hundreds of people demonstrated outside the Ministry of Justice to demand the release of their imprisoned relatives, despite the country's authorities said they had already released some 3,000 prisoners. During the 23-year term of Ben Ali thousands of political opponents were imprisoned, especially those belonging to Islamist parties or movements, against those who unleashed a ferocious repression during the nineties. 
Last week the National Assembly (Congress) and House of Councillors (Senate) approved grant full powers to the president to rule by decree, thereby avoiding the need to pass laws in Parliament, from the old regime. Once the Government has given its approval to the general amnesty requires only a presidential decree to approve final legislation.
The first Transitional Government of Tunisia, with several ministers of the former regime in key positions, had already adopted a draft law on general amnesty few days after the flight from the country of Ben Ali on 14 January. However, the project was not officially adopted or developed and many Tunisians reported in recent weeks dozens of political prisoners remained in prison.
On Wednesday, hundreds of people demonstrated outside the Ministry of Justice to demand the release of their imprisoned relatives, despite the country's authorities said they had already released some 3,000 prisoners. During the 23-year term of Ben Ali thousands of political opponents were imprisoned, especially those belonging to Islamist parties or movements, against those who unleashed a ferocious repression during the nineties.
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