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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.