later that year, -- became the first michael leavitt a lot -- democratically elected president.he secular leader is remembered by guiding the country to democracy. 10 years after the jazzman revolution, tunisia remained gripped by political deadlock. for many, hope has turned into dissolution. >> the slogan, employment, freedom, dignity is just a slogan, nothing more. it is what we called for during the revolution, but nothing came of it. >> tunisia's long-running economic crisis has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic crippling the tourism industry which had been suffering following a spate of terror attacks. the imf predicts the company -- country will contract by 7% this year. >> let's bring in the director of the institute for middle is -- middle east studies. has the arab spring changed things enough in your view? >> in some ways, yes. undoubtedly, the political situation now is different to what it was when the revolution began, but arguably there are still very serious economic albums -- problems and there is frustration amongst the general population about the s