e have been some cases in which the UPL has received at least a slap on the wrist. The Independent Regional Authorities for the Elections (IRIE) for Gafsa, a group of regional bodies which fall under the control of the ISIE, opened an judicial inquiry into Slim Riahi on Monday for allegedly breaking ar

ed to build contacts with grassroots activists in the marginalised towns that have come to symbolise the uprising, including Sidi Bouzid, Kasserine, Gafsa and Siliana. The reception has been mixed. Abdennaceur Laouini, who had led the lawyers' protests in December and January. was one of several revo