President zine el-abidine ben ali has also sounded a conciliatory note , firing a handful of ministers and promising to inject as much as $ 4.5 billion into job-creation schemes .
When people took to the streets of tunis , france offered to help president zine el-abidine ben ali 's security forces .
当人们走上突尼斯街头时,法国为总统扎因阿比丁本阿里的安全部队提供了协助。
Tunisia 's interim government cited technical reasons for postponing the country 's first election since the removal in january of zine el-abidine ben ali , its longtime dictator .
He died in hospital in january , prompting thousands to take to the streets in sometimes violent clashes that forced the longtime president , zine el-abidine ben ali , to flee to saudi arabia .