Tunisia’s political factions have agreed on a timetable for the Islamist-led Government to be replaced by an administration of independents during a political transition.
The Islamist Ennahda party and opposition groups signed a road map aimed at creating a new government within three weeks.
The deal, brokered by the leading trade union UGTT, is trying to stem protests after July’s assassination of MP Mohamed Brahmi, the second opposition leader slain in six months.
The document plans for the nomination of an independent Prime Minister by the end of next week, with another two weeks to form a Cabinet.
The road map also sets out a national dialogue, the adoption of a Constitution, and a timetable for elections.
The Ennahda-led coalition was elected in October 2011, eight months after the overthrow of the Ben Ali regime.
The UGTT said Ennahda had initially refused to formally sign the text that underlines the timetable of the national dialogue.
The factions are also divided over issues such as the date of elections, the role of a special assembly finishing a draft of the new Constitution, and the composition of an electoral body to oversee the vote.
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