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Tunis
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has called on Prime Minister Youssef Chahed to step down or seek a confidence vote amid a political crisis in the North African country.
"The prime minister has two options in case the crisis with political and national powers continues - either resign or ask for a parliament confidence vote,"Essebsi said in an interview broadcast late Sunday by Nesma TV and radio Mosaique FM.
There is infighting in the coalition government, appointed in 2016, and with the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) over ongoing reforms. Chahed's government, the eighth since a political transition started in 2011, has embarked on a reform programme, but has failed to solve economic problems including a budget deficit and unemployment.
