'National dialogue' talk held in Tunis initiated by the UGTT, 2012.Demotix/Chedly Ben Ibrahim. All rights reserved.Taking a closer look at Tunisia’s transitional process, one realizes that the country has gone through a very critical historical phase over the past five years.
A period, marked by a number of challenges and crises, threatened the very aspirations of founding a democracy and endangered the efforts to establish a post-revolutionary country. An escalation of violence, inflation, thirst for power, and an intensification of societal divisions on the basis of regional belonging, ideologies and religion have taken place. The old regime was trying to regain its position as anti-revolutionary powers were taking hold. Consequently, Tunisia receded in its sovereignty rating.
As such, the Arab Spring was threatened since its very early moments, and a general sense of intimidation and national longing for security and stability ensued. The conflict between the ruling coalition and the opposition was aggravated by a series of assassinations that shook the country.
