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General strikes may be called in several cities.A lot of Tunisians were annoyed that senior ministers from Mr Ben Ali's Constitutional Democratic Rally (known by its French initials, RCD) still had top jobs in the new government.
Within the ruling RCD itself, there have been more elections.
An alarming report from UN officials says that RCD soldiers have mobilised in eastern Congo.
But smaller demonstrations continue across the country calling for the sacking of all RCD ministers and the inclusion of exiled opposition leaders.
Although the RCD as an organisation is long dead, these networks may have played a role on polling day.A government is unlikely to be formed before Tunisians return to the polls to elect a new president on November 23rd.
Although the RCD as an organisation is long dead, these networks appear to have came back into play on polling day.A government is unlikely to be formed before Tunisians return to the polls to elect a new president on November 23rd.
Uganda backs a rebel splinter-group led by Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, who was ousted as leader of the RCD earlier this year.
A widely held view is that Mr Ghannouchi and other RCD ministers must at least have winked at the corruption surrounding Mr Ben Ali.The central provinces of Sidi Bouzid and Kasserine witnessed some of the bloodiest clashes between civilians and the police, who are said to have used snipers to kill demonstrators.
On February 7th the Ministry of Interior suspended the RCD, to which around a fifth of Tunisia's people belong.
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Uganda has withdrawn some of its troops, reportedly ditched the MLC, the Congolese rebel group it created, and started to back a splinter group called the RCD-ML.
After recent fighting in the lawless east between government loyalists and hardliners of the RCD-Goma, the latter threatened to pull out of the transitional government.In Maniema province, in the east, thousands of Mai-Mai tribal warriors are supposed to be disarming, but hundreds have fled squalid demobilisation camps and headed back into the bush.
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