TUNIS, Jan. 14 -- Tunisians commemorate Sunday the 7th anniversary of the popular uprisings which resulted in toppling former President Zine al Abidine Ben Ali on January 14, 2011.
Different from previous anniversaries, Tunisians have complex feelings this year, a mixture of festive emotions and regrets following wave of violence and protests throughout the country.
Thousands of People gathered for a peaceful march on Avenue Habib Bourguiba in downtown Tunis, where the most significant protest of the revolution took place on January 14, 2011.
Tunisia, the economy of which is dependent on tourism, had been ruled for 23 years by former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was ousted in January 2011 after massive and peaceful popular protests.
Since then, the country has been struggling in an economic crisis.
In the peaceful march, Zied Lakhdhar, a high member of the Popular Front, an opposition party, told Xinhua "seven years after the revolution, no real progress has been detected."
"We risk returning to the starting point with a government who still unable to find solutions to regional disparity, marginalization and inequality of development opportunities. The unemployment in our country has been over 15 percent, especially among higher-education graduates."
Lakhdhar also pointed out "the recent peaceful protests against the new finance law, have coincided with some attempts to make the country in chaos and anarchy."
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