{news} Fw: USGP-INT 'Green Party’ is born in Tunisia

[Justine McCabe]

> http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=15906
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> 'Green Party’ is born in Tunisia
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> The Green Party for Progress adds ‘another colour’ to ever-increasing 
> political spectrum.
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> TUNIS - A new political party was born Friday in Tunisia.
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> The new formation, named “the Green Party for Progress,” (the PVP) is 
> Tunisia’s ninth legal party.
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> The other eight political parties span the political spectrum, from the 
> centre to the left. But this is the first party dedicated to ecological 
> concerns.
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> Mr Mongi Khammassi, secretary general of the newly-formed party, said in a 
> statement today his formation “will be a space open to all sincere people 
> and patriotic Tunisians desiring to contribute to the progress of the 
> country, within legality and respect for the tenets of the republican 
> system.”
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> He added, “our party will endeavour to promote environmental awareness and 
> sensitization as to the importance of such an awareness in anchoring a 
> pro-environment culture in the lives of citizens and groups of society.”
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> The party will also “struggle against all forms of natural imbalances,” he 
> said.
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> The new party is led by a ten-member executive committee.
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> It is also the fifth political party to gain legal standing since 
> President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali came to power in 1987.
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> Mr Mongi Khamassi, the secretary general of the PVP, is a liberal activist 
> and a member of Parliament.