Bloggers from across the region paid tribute to Tunisia for adopting a new constitution [1], three years after the ousting of dictator Zeine el Abidin Ben Ali.
The country, the first to join the so-called Arab Spring, is on the right path, they say.
Yemeni blogger Noon Arabia congratulates Tunisians:
Majority vote in #Tunisia [2]'s National Assembly on the constitution. Congrats Tunisia, a step forward & hopeful example for the Arab Spring
— نون عربية (@NoonArabia) January 27, 2014 [3]
Algerian Megari Larbi follows suit:
Happy for Tunisia to have a new constitution. Giant step towards stability. Good luck brothers.
— Megari Larbi (@Larbi71) January 27, 2014 [4]
From Egypt, Mohamed El Dahshan laments the situation in his own country:
WE HAVE A CONSTITUTION! Oh, sorry, I'm just celebrating with my #Tunisia [2] friends. The Egyptian constitution is worth less than toilet-paper.
— Mohamed El Dahshan (@eldahshan) January 27, 2014 [5]
The comparisons with Egypt continue.
Borzou Daragahi tweets:
Amazing: #Tunisia [2] secularists & Islamists celebrate together as new constitution read aloud; big contrast to #Egypt [6] pic.twitter.com/LbGYh7eqBQ [7]
— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) January 26, 2014 [8]
And Israeli Elizabeth Tsurkov chimes in:
So happy for Tunisia. They now have the most democratic constitution in MENA. All of this is thanks to the brave Tunisian people #Sidibouzid [9]
— Elizabeth Tsurkov (@Elizrael) January 26, 2014 [10]
Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt adds:
Three years after igniting process of change in Arab world Tunisia adopts its new democratic constitution. http://t.co/z1afwKM1st [11]
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) January 27, 2014 [12]