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Tunisian P.M. to step down

Feb 22, 2013, 5:20 AM EST
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, right, meets Tunisian Prime Minister Hamad Jebali, at the presidential palace of Tunisia, Carthage Palace, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Tunis, Tunisia.
(AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

His scheme for technocrats to take control of the government until new elections having been rejected by his own party, Hamadi Jebali appears to be on his way of Tunisian politics, though whether his Ennahda's party increasingly right turn will work to its benefit (and the stability of a country still gripped by outrage at the assassination of a prominent leftist leader) is an open question.

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