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beyond , then later having professionally worked with transition countries , I would bet that this feeling is widely felt also in Tunisia , and many people feel that Ben Ali is over , but his people have tremendous influence all over the country , and it is an utmost political necessity to get rid of them . I fully understand this feeling , but , if you listened carefully what I said , I said it is a political necessity . When we speak about justice , do we mean political justice or legal justice ? The difference is huge . Legal aspect Legal justice means that those who made crimes during the dictatorship and enjoyed impunity because of the dictatorship character of the system , now should be taken to court and should be punished if found guilty . This is clear . But what to do with party and government leaders under Ben Ali who obviously participated in the oppressing regime , but there is no such a crime as “ Accepting leadership role in dictatorship ”. OK , we do not necessarily speak about criminal justice , we also speak about dismissing them from the jobs they had . Yes , why not ? But the question is : how deeply you want to sink ? Heads of departments should be fired ? Deputy heads of departments too ? If yes , what about foremen ? Clerks ? Cleaners ? Obviously there must be a limit . Should a law decide it ? If you pass a law , you will dismiss excellent and honest heads of
The Tunisian School of Politics project was carried out in close cooperation with the Mediterranean and international studies center in 2012 - 2013 . Last year during the Tunisian School of Politics Parliamentary Forum for Democracy experts shared their experience about democratization in the Eastern and Central European countries , strengthening the local government , decentralization and transitional justice . The trainings that started last year are being continued this year by analyzing the transitional justice more comprehensively . The Tunisian School of Politics is planned to be continuing in the future in order to consolidate the shaping of the democratic political culture in Tunisia .
departments , and my keep terrible people below . In Hungary , when this cleansing process started , my former law professor called the changes “ the revolution of deputy heads of departments ”. Why ? Because many deputy heads of departments , who believed long ago that they should become the heads of departments , accused their bosses of being “ former communists ”, with the purpose to take over their positions .