TUNIS — Last month, as Tunisia became the first Arab country to elect an assembly to rewrite the rules of its political system, and the death of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi consolidated regime change in Libya, Tunisian businesspeople were positioning themselves for a new era of economic relations between the two countries.
The hope is that the overthrow of the two dictatorships will lead to more bilateral trade opportunities, liberalized economic practices, increased transparency and better regulation, bolstering growth in both countries.
“The big chance of Libya going in the right direction will also be a big chance for the region,” said Mohsen Zerelli, an executive at Groupe Mabrouk, a large conglomerate involved in the retailing, banking and telecommunications industries. “It will also start a new type of economic process and relationships in the region and North Africa.”
Under Colonel Qaddafi and the former Tunisian president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, “operators in North African countries never started that economic relationship with each other; each looked at business from a personal point of view,” Mr. Zerelli said. “Now governments will take into consideration the real interest of the people.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/world/middleeast/03iht-M03-LIBYA-TUNISIA.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss#hThere was some talk that Tunisia should be given construction business because they had helped so much with Libya.
And, take that Rick Perry.
People of a country decide if they want democracy not foreign political hacks.
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