"The Jasmine Revolution." Who started the "jasmine revolution"? Where was the "jasmine revolution"? In which country?

"The Jasmine Revolution" refers to the so-called "color" revolutions. What does this phrase mean? In the correct version, this phenomenon is called a mass opposition speech, which, as a rule, leads to a change of power. The exclusion for all the years of existence of these coups, managed and paid from outside, is the anti-state riots in China in 1989, called "Events in Tiananmen Square". The revolution did not take place. All the other coups were "with a bang."

The essence of color revolutions

No matter how politically correct these evils are called, they are essentially projects of the US and Great Britain to overthrow legitimate authorities in the former Soviet republics, the Warsaw Pact countries and the Third World countries, which include the states of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. The first specifically "color" revolution occurred in Lisbon in 1974 and was called the "revolution of carnations." Then came the "yellow revolution" in the Philippines, which took place in 1989. And then with what kind of flowers and in honor of which only plants were not called the bloody events paid for from outside, declared as "the will of the people" ...

Characteristic especially

"The Jasmine Revolution", which took place in Tunis in two stages, was played out - especially the second part - on all already become classical canons. They are, first of all, declared as a "bloodless" change of power, which always appears as tyranny or authoritarian regime. Of course, democracy comes to replace them. A bright sign of color revolutions is the activation of various funds and other organizations, including embassies sponsoring "revolutionaries." These events always begin with "peaceful" gatherings of oppressed citizens in squares, mostly central, as a result of which the country is subsequently covered by monuments to the victims of these coups.

First Swallows

"The Jasmine Revolution" was no exception. The name was given to her by the flower, which is the national symbol of this country - jasmine. The first stage was the bloodless displacement on 7 November 1987 of Habib Bourguiba, the first President of the Tunisian Republic. As a result, Prime Minister Zin el-Abidine Ben Ali, who was appointed only six weeks before, comes to power. He became the permanent president, and this served as one of the main reasons for the start of the second stage, or the "second jasmine revolution" that occurred in the beginning (January-February) 2011.

A starting point

For all the "color" revolutions, despite the complete identity of the methods and the chronology of events, the reasons for dissatisfaction of certain sections of the population with the existing power may be different, and the starting point, with which, in fact, the people's unrest begins. The "Jasmine Revolution" (its second stage) began with the self-immolation act committed in the city of Sidi Buzid (central part of Tunisia) by a vegetable dealer, 26-year-old Mohammed Boisizi, holder of a university diploma. The act was completed on December 17, on January 4 Boisizi died in prison from extensive burns. He protested against the arbitrariness of the police and poverty. A police officer confiscated the goods completely, and before that, the merchant was publicly insulted and struck. Needless to say, later, taken into custody, she was acquitted for lack of evidence. "The Jasmine Revolution" in the country began precisely since the death of Boisizi.

A truly bloodless coup

It should be noted that the peculiarity of this country, located in the north of Africa, was a high level of education of the population, and under the first president, the level of corruption was also quite low. But at the time of the removal of President Habib Bourguibé from his post, life was 84 years, which gave constitutional right to the ambitious Ben-Ali to carry out a bloodless coup d'etat, citing Article 57 ("for health reasons") of the country's basic law.

Such a good start

Years of rule Ben Ali, according to the UN, were marked by a 10-fold increase in national income per capita, declined from 14 to 3.8% of the number of people below the poverty line, the country was admitted to the WTO. Thanks to a new lifelong (since 2003), the president began a new enlightenment era - the laws guaranteed that every Tunisian should receive a secondary education. For 9 million inhabitants of the country there were 5 thousand schools, and the middle class was 60% of the level of the population of Tunisia. Why would the "jasmine revolution" begin with such indicators? The country in 2010 had a GDP of 39.6 billion euros. But it is then that the trader Buazizi makes a self-pawn.

Internet at the service of organizers of "color" revolutions

The story has been widely publicized thanks to the Internet, and it turns out that in the country a huge number of educated young people are unemployed, there is a lot of inflation, and, most importantly, in the country, transcendental corruption. Information about the luxury that surrounded the family of the president, became public knowledge - ordinary people were shocked. Much for the "jasmine revolution" to begin, the second wife of President Lil Trabelsi made, thanks to which corruption in the country flourished in a magnificent color.

Not riots, but revolution

After the death of a young desperate graduate vegetable merchant, thousands of people came to the streets, first in Sidi Buzida, and then across the country, because the authorities rigidly suppressed the first speeches - there were many wounded, two died from their wounds in the hospital. Economic demands have been replaced by political ones. Now in the skirmishes with the police in the entire central region killed 50 people. The "Jasmine Revolution" in Tunisia was gaining momentum. And, despite the hushing up of events by central television, thanks to the Internet, the country's population knew what was really happening. And when the president made a televised address to the country in which he promised to create 300,000 jobs, he was no longer heard.

From love to hate

The promise of the release of all detainees as a result of the unrest and displacement from the post of Interior Minister Rafik Belhadj Kazem did not help. The masses did not stop the introduction of curfews and army units to comply with it. The slogan "Death of Ben Ali" was gaining momentum. It took less than two weeks for the president, who ruled the country for 23 years, re-elected to this post five times with the indicator of 99% of the population's support, quickly disappeared from Tunisia with his entire family. On January 14, at 17:00, it was announced that Zin al-Abidine Ben Ali left the country. The power passed into the hands of the military.

All for the same scenario

Such periods of displacement of the legitimate ruler suggest some reflection on what the "jasmin revolution" really is, who started and continued to direct the unfolding actions. And the subsequent events leave no doubt that the spontaneity of the behavior of the masses is not very much present in reality, and everything that is happening resembles a very well and pre-planned action. The indignant crowd does not like anything. Muhammad al-Ghanushi, former prime minister and temporarily seated chair of the president, promises to the people the speedy implementation of democratic reforms. But as a team begin to operate gangs of marauders. In response, people are creating people's committees. The Constitutional Court comes on the scene, finally depriving all powers and escaped the president, and the premier of al-Ganushi.

Controlled chaos

Temporarily, the government is transferred to the hands of the Speaker Fuad al-Mobza. The terms for selecting a new president are appointed, they must be completed within 60 days. The acting head of state instructs all the same al-Ghanushi to create a government of national unity. Amnesty is declared to all political prisoners, all previously banned parties are allowed. Of course, investigations are beginning with respect to the corruption of representatives of the former government. And this decision is made by none other than the former prime minister. And again, the "jasmine revolution" continues. In which country, where such a shock took place, would not the front ranks of the fighters of corruption of the previous regime be those who contributed to its flourishing?

Another month the prime minister holds onto his chair

On the streets of the Tunisian capital again go demonstrators demanding the removal from power of all those who ruled the country under the former regime. The largest union claims not to admit a temporary transitional government. And all this happens in the first week after the president's flight. January 23 begins another peaceful, but now nocturnal, with candles, a demonstration that in the morning turns into mass hooliganism with the beating of glass in government buildings, arson of cars and other traditional "spontaneous" protest of citizens. Demonstrations with demands for the resignation of al-Ganushi are gaining momentum, and already on February 25 more than 100 thousand people go to the streets. On the 27th he resigns.

Results of the revolution

Beji Qaid Essebsi, also a former minister, became Prime Minister. According to the UN, the "jasmine revolution" cost the country 1.6 billion euros, the country lost 219 people killed, 510 injured, and injuries received 510. Following her, similar riots swept through some nearby countries - these events were called "Arab Spring". So what ? In fact, is a "jasmine revolution," where is its conquest? According to experts, the economic losses of all countries affected by the "Arab Spring" amounted to 225 billion dollars. Directly with the Tunisians, except pride, that "they were the first", there are no achievements. And, judging by the very rapid redistribution of spheres of influence in the region, one can safely speak of a well-planned action presented as "spontaneous mass action against the totalitarian regime".

Some researchers believe that the true cause of these events was the struggle for spheres of influence between the Anglo-Saxons and China in the production of hydrocarbons - oil and gas.