Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigned as promised today after failing to form a new government. The previous government fell in early February after the main opposition party left in response to the assassination of opposition leader Chokri Belaid. Jebali, leader of the Islamist Ennahda party was trying to form a non-political caretaker government without consulting his party or the secular opposition. The proposed new cabinet was rejected on February 18 by the parliament. Jebali stated that he would not try to form another government without assurances about the timelines of another election and a new constitution.
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