Tunisia after Ben Ali- who owns the revolution?

It has been nearly two months since the revolution in Tunisia ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali but many Tunisians are questioning whether his 23 year regime is really over.

Last weekend protesters took to the streets again demanding more rapid political change. Clashes with police left five dead.

There are fears that a 'gerontocracy', with an 84-year-old prime minister at its head, has hijacked the youth movement that lead the revolution.

'If we fail to protect it, it will be stolen' said one protester.

"All these young people who went on the streets to force Ben Ali out, they have just handed the revolution to these people on a silver plate," said Raoudha Ben Othman of Tunis University.

But the revolution has not ended yet, she said. "The Tunisian people, unlike the Egyptians, have not celebrated the revolution and that's a good sign."

The BBC's Owen Bennett-Jones reports from Tunis.

Listen to Owen Bennett-Jones' report 4 mins

First broadcast 3 March 2011