Former Tunisian PM declines to head new gov’t

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA
Published February 21, 2013 5:00am ET
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Former Tunisian PM declines to head new gov’t
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, right, meets Tunisian Prime Minister Hamad Jebali, at the presidential palace of Tunisia, Carthage Palace, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Tunis, Tunisia. Tunisia's prime minister announced Tuesday he is resigning following the rejection of his effort to form an apolitical government to see the country out of its political crisis. After the assassination of a leftist politician Feb. 6 deadlocked the government and set off riots across the country, Hamadi Jebali offered to dissolve the fractious governing coalition and put together a new government of technocrats. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi) | Hassene Didri

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s ruling party said Thursday that the former prime minister and its secretary general have declined an offer to head a new coalition government.

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