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Apologies, my last post should have had the above new headline. On 17/01/2011 11:12 PM, glparramatta wrote: > Just added to http://links.org.au/node/2101 > > > Tunisia: The 9 points of the Workers Communist Party > > January 15, 2010 -- *Tunisia Solidarity Campaign > <http://tunisiasolidarity.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/tunisia-the-9-points-of-the-wcpt/>, > > *translated from Arabic by *Nadim Mahjoub* > > 1. The success achieved so far is only half of the way and the other > half is achieving the wanted democratic change and implementing it on > the ground. > > 2. The democratic change cannot spring from the same party, the > figures, the institutions, the apparatuses and the legislations that > maintained the dictatorship and deprived the people from basic rights > for more than half a century, 23 years of which under Ben Ali. > > 3. The interim president is one of Ben Ali’s clique and a president of > an appointed body which does not represent the people in any aspect > whatsover, and the plan to hold presidential elections in a 60-day > time has no purpose but to maintain the continuation of the > dictatorial regime through one of its former leaders. > > 4. The most dangerous of what could happen now is robbing the Tunisian > people of their victory and their legitimate ambitions for freedom and > a diginified existence and sacrifices through preserving Ben Ali’s > regime without Ben Ali and through forming a democratic decor around it. > > 5. The democratice change, with its political, economical, social and > cultural dimensions, requires a real end of the repressive regime by > taking a direct step which consists of forming a provisional > government or any other body that has excecutive powers and undertakes > the task of organising free elections for a Constitutional Assembly > which would establish the bases of a real democratic republic in which > people would enjoy freedom, social equality and national dignity. > > 6. All the forces, whether they are political organisations, unions, > human rights groups, cultural organisations, organised or > non-organised and the people, who have played an effective and > decisive role in toppling the dictator, have the task to decide on > Tunisia’s future, and no one could replace them in their negotiations > or contatcs with the authority. > > 7. It is of a high urgency that the democratic forces form a national > and unified body to carry out the democratic change and has the tasks > to protect the gains of the revolting Tunisian people and to negociate > with the authorities to yield power to the people in a peaceful way > > 8. All the democratic forces all over the coutry have to unite in > organisations, committees, or local, regional and sectorial councils > in organising the popular movement and to undermine the manoeuvre of > reaction and the acts of looting and vandalism perpetrated by hidden > groups aiming at spreading fear among the citizens, threatening their > safety and scaring them of a democratic change to compel the people to > surrender to the repressive apparatuses. > > 9. The armed forces, which consists in the main of the sons and > daughters of the people are required to provide safety for the people > and the motherland and respect people’s aspirations towards freedom, > social jutice and national dignity, which requires lifting the state > of emergency as soon as possible so that it doesn’t become an excuse > that prevents the Tunisian people from continuing their struggle and > achieving their goals. > > For a provisitional government > > For a constitutional assembly > > For a democratic republic > > Hamma Hammami > > Workers Communist Party of Tunisia > > http://www.albadil.org/ > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
