A national salvation front formed in Tunisia

A group of the political parties and components of the civil society in Tunisia have announced the formation of a national salvation front to be assigned with forming a higher national authority for national salvation , and is to get the help of the constitutional law experts to complete the formulation of  the Tunisian constitution within two months to be offered for popular referendum. This came in a statement these parties and organisations issued after their meeting held here early Friday morning. The meeting was set to discuss the political situation in the country following the assassination of leading Tunisian opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi who was shot dead at his home in Tunis earlier Thursday. The parties which attended the meeting held accused Ennahda (Renaissance) of having political responsibility for his death, which sparked mass anti-government protests. Brahmi's family said his funeral would take place on Saturday and he would be buried near the tomb of Belaid. Secularist called for the dissolution of the government and the formation of a national salvation administration, which was rejected by Prime Minister Ali Larayedh. The killing has prompted violent protests against the Islamist-led government across the country and a strike call by the main trade union body, the UGTT. Protesters assembled outside the UGTT headquarters in central Tunis, preparing to march down the capital's main boulevard as riot police were deployed. In a reference to the country's Islamist-led government, the demonstrators chanted: "Down with the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood."