This weekend Tunisians will become the first Arabs to elect a constituent assembly, which in turn will draw up a new constitution.

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The military leadership, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, also announced it would name a 100-strong panel by Friday that will draw up a new constitution for the country.

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At best, some soldiers might decide to replace General Abacha with an interim government that would try to pull the country together, draw up a new constitution and hold elections.

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His crime, apparently, was to draw up a platform for a new political party that called for a change in the constitution to make it more democratic.

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