Tunisian president sworn in

Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin Ben Ali on Monday took his constitutional oath after he was reelected as president of the country on October 24 for a third term of office of five years. The oath-taking ceremony was made in a special meeting of the new Tunisian parliament. Fuad Mubze was unanimously reelected as speaker of parliament. During the first multilateral presidential elections in the history of Tunisia, Ben Ali was elected president by 99.44% of the Tunisian voters.