Tunisia unrest: Ennahda 'rejects Hamadi Jebali's new cabinet'

Opposition protesters burned Ennahda's documents, calling for a new revolution

Tunisia's ruling party has reportedly rejected moves to dismiss the government and form a cabinet of technocrats after the assassination of an opposition leader.

Ennahda's vice-president said Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali "did not ask the opinion of his party", Reuters reports.
Chokri Belaid was shot dead on Wednesday, sparking violent protests.
Ennahda denies opposition claims that it was behind the killing of the anti-Islamist politician.
"We in Ennahda believe Tunisia needs a political government now," party Vice-President Abdelhamid Jelassi was quoted as saying by Reuters.

"We will continue discussions with others parties about forming a coalition government," he added.

  Chokri Belaid was leaving for work when he was targeted by a gunman

The reported remarks come a day after Mr Jebali said he had decided to form a government of "competent nationals without political affiliation".
The new ministers would have a mandate "limited to managing the affairs of the country until elections are held in the shortest possible time," the prime minister said in a nationally televised address.
The killing of Mr Belaid - the first political assassination since the Arab Spring uprising in 2011 - sparked angry protests across Tunisia.
He was shot dead at close range in the capital, Tunis, on Wednesday. The attacker fled on the back of a motorcycle.
Thousands of people later rallied outside the interior ministry, many chanting slogans urging the government to stand down and calling for a new revolution.
In the centre of Tunis, a police officer was killed during clashes between police and opposition supporters protesting against Mr Belaid's death.