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All Tunisian ministers quit ruling party: state TV

(Agencies)
Updated: 2011-01-20 17:36

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TUNIS - All ministers in Tunisia's interim government have resigned from the ruling party of the ousted president, state TV reported, after demands the RCD party be stripped of power or dissolved.

Four union and oppposition ministers had quit the interim cabinet this week, demanding that RCD ministers go. The move could go some way to restoring credibility in the cabinet.

Tunisia's prime minister and president quit the party of deposed President Zine al-Abdine Ben Ali earlier this week.