“The 10th anniversary of the revolution: everything is bitter, but hope is still possible!” This is the big title Time in Tunis this Thursday morning. “Here we are! Ten years ago, on December 17, 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, an unemployed person from Sidi Bouzid, set himself on fire to protest against the Ben Ali regime. And the Tunisian ‘revolution’ has fought to become a reality. for ten years.Nothing goes further in the country of jasmine, but want to believe the Tunisian daily, the results are still several. […] The country has not completely lost hope and it is necessary to revive this little flame … otherwise it is a disaster! “
What to celebrate?
“” Disenchantment “,” disillusionment “,” disappointed hopes “: the formulas are worn out, sighs for his part World Africa, as soon as the hour strikes for the assessment of the Tunisian revolution. They are now a cliché. The celebration, December 17, of the tenth anniversary of the death of the young traveling merchant Mohamed Bouazizi, which marked the beginning of the “Arab Spring” and shook regional geopolitics, will not rule this celebration. The disillusionment can even be more bitter than usual. And for good reason, Le Monde Afrique continues. The anniversary takes place in a depressed local context, not to mention harmful, where political paralysis, economic collapse and social powder box are combined. What, then, is to be celebrated beyond the totemic invocation of a revolution that has ceased to inspire dreams? “
Anger and frustration
And given the current stalemate, “the Tunisians, without consulting each other, seem determined to restart the protest movements, pointing out Young Africa. “Front du salut”, “National Dialogue”, “Tous ensemble au Bardo”, “Together we river off the street”, “Against Violence against women”, are all banners, officially party political, which intend to frame the demonstrations announced this 17 December . […] All social classes and all motives combined, the Tunisians have gone from protest to anger, states Jeune Afrique. “She has been erupting this anger for a long time,” said Achraf Zariat, a Gabès trade unionist who questioned the paper. “Placed at the foot of the wall, successive governments have tried to appease it, but the measures were announced with many headlines and never applied ended up sadly citizens. Everyone was hoping for better well-being, but everyone saw their purchasing power disappear. So Jeune Afrique continues, that on December 17, the street will be the recipient of this anger, even if the various protest movements do not agree: some want to cancel the budget law, others to stop corruption, but above all, everyone says the huge confusion in Tunisia facing a predominantly social and political bankruptcy. Over the years, the social structure has disintegrated due to a lack of material debates on common goals and the desired public policy. And huge frustrations. “
“Democracy does not make you eat”
But remember Africa Point, “Jasmine was the star product in early 2011. A product from the Maghreb that was ricocheted into the Kingdom of the Gulf. Tunisia, this “small” country [12 millions d’habitants] had triggered a tsunami. Ten years later, gloom is combined with bitterness. The jasmine has faded. “
It is true, Le Point Afrique continues, “the democratic project has made great progress.” But “the Tunisians have not received the economic dividend from their democratic transition.[…]”Democracy does not make you eat,” we have heard for several winters. “
Everywhere in the country ”the feeling is the same, the newspaper continues: complaints, pain, desire to leave, fatigue. It’s more than a blues coming from Tunisia, it’s a complaint. To complete the state budget in 2021, the government must borrow EUR 5 billion, or almost 30% of the total. He wants a plan from the IMF in the spring, which is not certain. Until then, we will hold our breath in the Tunisian ruling spheres. We look at the local fumes (general strikes, tribal conflicts, blocking of certain productions, etc.), and hope that they do not coagulate at the national level. ”
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