Thread:Comments:State of emergency declared in Tunisia/Comments from feedback form - "There are a few instances of p..."

There are a few instances of passive voice here which seem to obfuscate the issue, or avoid placing blame. Notably, "and forced a state of emergency to be declared," gives us no real information beyond a blameless fact--who declared the state of emergency? Was it declared on behalf of Tunisia, or did the chief of police get too over-anxious, or what?