Tunisia's Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali arrives to address a news conference in Tunis February 18, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
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Tunis (Reuters) - Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigned on Tuesday after his attempt to form a government of technocrats and end a political crisis failed.
"I vowed that if my initiative did not succeed, I would resign and ... I have already done so," Jebali told a news conference after meeting with President Moncef Marzouki.
Jebali had proposed forming a cabinet of apolitical technocrats to end protests and political turmoil caused by the assassination of secular opposition politician Chokri Belaid.
(Reporting By Tarek Amara; Editing by Tom Pfeiffer)
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