Leaders of nearby nations received similar criticism . Tuesday , the Egyptian Foreign Ministry tried to tamp down speculation that his government faced anything like the uprising that forced Ben Ali from power . But the level of repression and corruption was more extreme in Tunisia , expert says . An Egyptian spokesman says power shifts in the ` ` can not easily be explained '' Discontent in region ` ` is bubbling over continuously , '' a Tunisian official said .
Leaders of nearby nations received similar criticism . But the level of repression and corruption was more extreme in Tunisia , expert says . An Egyptian spokesman says power shifts in the ` ` can not easily be explained '' Discontent in region ` ` is bubbling over continuously , '' a Tunisian official said .