According to a press release from the “Popular Current” party (Nasserist/not represented in the dissolved parliament)
The Tunisian “Popular Current” party called on Wednesday for the drafting of a new constitution that guarantees rights and freedoms and enshrines the separation of powers in the country.
This is what emerges from a press release from the party (Nasserite/not represented in the dissolved parliament) and which calls for “the elaboration of a new Constitution which guarantees rights and freedoms, enshrines the separation and balance between the powers and approves a presidential system with all the guarantees to avoid the drift of power.
He called for “accelerating the publication of the decree regulating the work of the legal commission, given the crucial importance of next July 25, the date of the popular referendum on political reforms.”
And add: “The dialogue must include academics, intellectuals, media professionals, students, workers, peasants, and others, in order to broaden the base of popular participation so that the reforms meet the aspirations of the Tunisian people.”
In early May, Tunisian President Kais Saied announced his intention to form a “Higher Commission whose objective is to prepare the establishment of a new republic”, in addition to another body responsible for conducting a dialogue that would be ” open to those who are sincerely committed to the correction process started on July 25″.
Tunisia has been going through a serious political crisis since July 25, 2021, when Saïed imposed exceptional measures, in particular: the dissolution of Parliament and the Superior Council of the Judiciary, the promulgation of laws by means of decrees, and the holding of early legislative elections on December 17, 2022.
Some consider these measures a “coup against the Constitution”, while others see it as a “correction of the course of the 2011 revolution”, which overthrew the regime of then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1987-2011).
Saïed, who began a 5-year presidential term in 2019, said his measures are “provisions taken within the framework of the Constitution to protect the state against imminent danger.”
