Tunisia’s Ennahda to withdraw confidence from govt

Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party Ennahda, the biggest party in the parliament, decided on Wednesday to withdraw confidence from the government, a senior official in Ennahda told Reuters.

Ennahda’s move will deepen the political crisis engulfing Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfkah, whom Ennahda says has lost credibility due to an alleged conflict of interest.

“We adopted the option to withdraw confidence from the prime minister and mandates the party leader to follow up on the implementation of the decision’”, said Ennahda official Imed Khmiri.

Fakhfakh has denied he did anything improper or corrupt. He has promised to step down if investigators find wrongdoing.