The Free Patriotic Union made ​​the show by presenting its program

For the presentation of its political, economic and social development, the Free Patriotic Union gave a poor show in the U.S..

Friday, September 30, 2011, dozens of tourist buses were brought back to the sports hall of El Menzah hundreds of "militants" of the UPL from all regions of Tunisia, provided with invitations to their name. Juvenile audience (average age visibly between 15 and 20 years) and an atmosphere of summer camps. Inside, the decor was redone in the colors of the party. Arbora colors proudly beautiful hostesses greet the public. The sound of barking success of Michael Jackson as the room filled up slowly and the public tired of waiting sang songs from stage. A long wait for almost an hour to put on the nerves and our friendly urchins which caused small altercations with the security service (whose members are obviously fans of gonflette). The distribution of t-shirts, caps and banners UPL brought all these people to their senses.

16: 10, the sports hall was packed, more than 5,000 people on the lawn and in the stands. A host jumped on the plaza and gave a little speech interspersed with many "tawa". Followed the national anthem and the projection on the big screens a short film, a work probably of a large agency com, which presents the main points of the UPL program announced by anonymous belonging to all regions of Tunisia.

The first intervention of a party member was heckled by the audience and his words remained inaudible to everyone. Later, Dr. Hamdi Snoussi, member of the UPL spoke and delivered a short speech nervous defining the boundary lines of the party. A party that has plans to build a second democratic republic, independent and rich. An attack against the opponents of the UPL, importers of ideologies, right, left, those who dream of Tunisia on the "Turkish or Persian model" (first pic against Ennahdha). The UPL will of Tunisian cities in the image of Tunisia.

Mohsen Hassan's turn to explain later, the 14 program outline political, economic and social development. A program that will not shine, too, by its originality. And that still explains only briefly the modus operandi of its implementation. The UPL is well for national reconciliation that will follow the fair trial of those who have committed crimes against Tunisia. Other points of order, constitutional and political, were discussed: establishing a presidential system reformed with two terms maximum, police reform and administration, the draft recovery Maghreb Union, support the Palestinian cause, and so on.

Regarding the economic component, as all the other parties, the UPL will defend a free market, but by working more on social justice. The first five years 2012-2016, the UPL promises an average growth of 7% which will cause the creation of 525,000 new jobs. 10 points will follow growth between 2017 and 2021 is 725,000 jobs. Using central to economic policy but also social, with regional development and education.

Measure that has provoked the enthusiasm of the public: the establishment of a fundamental right to decent housing through loans at 0% interest ...

It took almost 17h for Slim Riahi make an appearance with great fanfare. Surrounded by his body-guard, the leader of the UPL crossed the whole room to the music of a jingle of a talk show on France 2, multiplying the handshakes to sit in front of his desk.

Of his thin voice and towed Slim Riahi River gave a speech in classical Arabic. A speech-shaped lyrical, policy statement, where the leader of the UPL is said in line with the great reformers Tunisian Khair-Eddine Pasha, Tahar Haddad, but also leaders of the nationalist cause Bourguiba and Ben Youssef. He attacked political leaders of the past, businessmen, corrupt, unfair ... We learn, so he was a victim of the old regime and had to be resolved into exile. The UPL offers to end the cult of personality and culture of defeatism ...

So much for the old for new, Slim Riahi pinned all supporters of prefabricated ideologies: those who mix their speech fatwas of Hassan El Banna, the Communists, supporters of capitalism. However, the Islamist party Ennahdha who took for his rank. "Remember those who admire the Turkish model, that Tunisia is not an Ottoman feudal domain," the Tribune almost loses his temper. We are our own model ...

Slim Riahi thanked the "unionist" present and followed a presentation of the party membership to all candidates for election to the Constituent Assembly on the lists of the UPL.