The Islamist party is often depicted as an intransigeant force that would cling to power at all cost and embark on the nation's creeping Islamization. But the mouvement's information officer, Mohamed Nejib Gharbi, has just declared that Ennahda is ready to "neutralize" mosques, unions, lyceums and cultural houses. The party's supporters perceive as double standard the opposition's insistence on de-politicizing mosques while not making the same demands for the unions. The powerful UGTT has historically been also a political actor that played a pivotal role in the independence struggle. Now, the labor union acts as a counterweight to the governing Islamist party and has been the target of numerous attacks by pro-government militias.
Earlier this week, Rached Ghannouchi said that his party would hand over sovereign ministries of the interior, foreign affairs, defence and justice to independents.
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