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1- Arab Spring gave birth to 2 democratically elected prsidents: Morsi of Egypt & Essebsi of Tunisia Both presidents died 10 days apart in June 2019 The 2 men differed in ideology but it’s the difference in their fates which is telling!pic.twitter.com/fIa2nvIeOU
2- The relative success of Tunisian democracy was largely thanks to the understanding between Essebsi and Rachid al-Ghanouchi, the Tunisian Muslim Democrat leader. Ghanouchi’s Ennahdha made painful compromises to protect Tunisian democracy against the counter-revolution wave.
3- Lately, Essebsi seemed to have given in to the external pressure he was facing to reverse country’s democratic path Such pressure will only increase after his death especially that his most likely successor, his son Hafiz, seems to lack his father’s wisdom.
4- Tunisians should be proud that their democratically elected president dies a normal death and not ousted in a coup or in prison cells. If and only if Egyptian ‘secular’ opposition had the same wisdom & concern for public good Tunisian ‘Islamists’ have!
5- Tunisia isn’t a heavyweight in Arab/Islamic scene but any and all democratic success in Muslim/Arab majority countries is perceived as existential danger by Abu Dhabi-led counter-democracy camp May Tunisian democracy survive pirat sheikhs, their money and their evil.
Interesting points. One thing is for certain the Tunisian leaders death will get some acknowledgement from the so called democratic world unlike Dr Morsi
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