Tunisian women’s Train of support to President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali’s candidacy for the 2009 presidential election set off, on Wednesday morning, on the Tunis-Gafsa tour.
Some 500 women from among the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) activists and members of civil society, led by RCD politburo member and Ombudswoman Alifa Farouk, took part in the event.
Before departure, a women’s meeting was organised in the Tunis railway station, during which attendees reasserted their unconditional support to the Head of State in the presidential election, so that he keeps on leading Tunisia’s progress on the path of prosperity and modernity.
Women, Family, Children and Elderly Affairs Minister Sarra Kanoun Jarraya pointed out that this women’s tour is the Tunisian women’s way to reiterate attachment to President Ben Ali and their cohesion around his choices, and an occasion for women to express deep gratitude for the distinguished position dedicated to them in the Head of State’s new electoral platform which sets ambitious objectives aimed to reinforce their presence in decision-making positions and step up their role in bolstering the development work.
