TUNIS (AFP) – Tunisia’s new president Moncef Marzouki was sworn in Tuesday before the country’s constituent assembly as the nation turned a new page after the revolution which ousted the repressive Ben Ali regime.

“I will be the guarantor of the national interests, the state of laws and institutions. I will be faithful to the martyrs and to the objectives of the revolution,” Marzouki said as he took his oath of office with his hand on the Koran.