Tunisia: Sit-In Continues Against Interim Government · Global Voices
Afef Abrougui

This post is part of our special coverage of Tunisia Revolution 2011.
Following Tunisia's recent revolution the country's political situation remains fragile and critical, as a sit-in of protestors at Kasbah square near the main government building in capital Tunis, enters its fourth successive day. Demonstrators have shown no sign of backing down and are determined to carry on until all of their demands, which are mainly political, have been responded to.
Their main target is the interim government, which the protestors consider to be illegitimate and non-representative of the people, and only an extension of the regime of toppled former President Ben Ali.
The list of the sit-in protestors' 'Popular Demands' written on the Tunisian flag. Photo by Winston Smith.
Amongst the sit-in protestors’ list of ‘Popular Demands’ are: the dissolution of both chambers of deputies and advisers, the resignation of interim Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi and his government, the dissolution of former ruling party the RCD (Le Rassemblement constitutionnel démocratique), and the setting up a constituent assembly.
A Tunisian blogger for Kissa Online writes:
رجعنا عشية يوم 20 فيفري 2011 للإ عتصام ببطحاء القصبة بتونس حيث مقر الحكومة…مطالبين برحيل محمد الغنوشي و جماعته…حاولت الشرطة إخراجنا من البطحاء ليلة 20 لكنها لم تفلح…
Protestors at Al-Kasbah square in Tunis during the night. Image taken from blog Kissa Online.
Tunisien Libre argues that the sit-in has already started to bring good results:
Depuis le début du sit-in à la Quasba, le gouvernement commence à bouger, hier, une demande d'extradition de l'ex-président Ben Ali, aujourd'hui une demande d'extradition de sa femme, et une demande de dissolution du RCD présentée par le ministre de l'intérieur  au Tribunal de première instance de Tunis.
Heny (@dr_heny) tweets:
انفروا الى القصبة يا شباب تونس! الثورة تحتاجنا ! حرروا تونس من بقايا النظام الفاسد.الانجاز لم يكتمل بعد.
Takriz Network, a cyber Tunisian think tank and resistance group tweets:
يا توانسه ثورتكم في خطر موت و القصبه العزه و في نصرتها الآن يكمن القضاء على حكومه العار و الدمار
Liliopatra (@liliopatra) shows her support for the protestors  at the Kasbah square:
Manifestants à la Kasba,on est avec vous. Nous sommes unis plus que jamais.Honorables martyrs,vous ne serez pas morts pour rien
However, a small portion of young Tunisians are not very enthusiastic about the sit-in and are suspicious of the protestors whom they consider to be anarchists.
Amira Yahyaoui (@Mira404), a Tunisian militant for freedom of speech tweets:
Les manifestants de la Kasbah sont manipulés, s'ils ne le sont pas ce sont des anarchistes. Le lavage de cerveau : ça marche!
Aliboulila (@aliboulila) asks this question:
??????? j'y comprend rien moi! C'est quoi l'objectif du sit-in d'El Kasbah cette fois?
Sami Mzoughi (@learningwithsam) tweets:
Sit-in à la Kasbah: le peuple tunisien veut tout et tout de suite… mais c'est pas en une semaine qu'on va rattraper 23ans de connerie…
This post is part of our special coverage of Tunisia Revolution 2011.