On 9 November 32 MPs resigned from Nidaa Tounes , after earlier threats that they might do so. One of the MPs, Hassouna Nasfi, said that “we decided to resign from the party's bloc today after the refusal to hold an executive committee meeting, which is the only legitimate structure of the party". Furthermore she said the MPs resigned “to protest the non-democratic way in which the party has been managed". As a result of the mass-resignations Nidaa Tounes, formerly the biggest party in parliament, remains with 54 seats in parliament while its coalition partner, the Islamist Ennahda party, has 67 seats and is the majority party. It is expected that this makes ruling the country more difficult for president Beji Caid Essebsi, as the power has shifted in the coalition government and important (financial) reforms might not have enough support now.
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