According to a press release from the Presidency of the Republic, following the meeting between the Head of State and his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Othman Jerandi, a few days after the dissolution of Parliament
Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed reiterated on Tuesday his refusal of any form of interference in the internal affairs of his country.
The Presidency of the Republic of Tunisia indicated, in a brief statement, that Saïed received in audience the Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Othman Jerandi.
Saïed stressed on this occasion “the need to strengthen relations with brotherly and friendly countries in mutual respect and common interest”.
The Head of State reiterated his refusal of any form of interference in Tunisia’s internal affairs, the Presidency statement said.
France expressed on Tuesday its concern with regard to the latest developments in Tunisia (dissolution of Parliament) and called on all the political forces in the country to engage in an inclusive dialogue and to avoid all forms of violence.
The spokeswoman for the Quai d’Orsay, Anne-Claire Legendre, stressed that Paris “wants the return, as soon as possible, to a normal functioning of the institutions, in order to be able to respond to the economic and social emergency”.
On Monday, Turkey declared that “the dissolution of the elected parliament in Tunisia is a blow to the will of the Tunisian people”.
For its part, Washington said last Thursday it was “deeply concerned” by President Saied’s unilateral decision to dissolve parliament, stressing that any process of political reform in the country should be inclusive and undertaken in coordination with the different political parties. .
Last Wednesday, the Assembly of People’s Representatives (ARP) adopted, during a virtual plenary, a bill repealing the exceptional measures decided by Saïed on July 25. On that date, the Tunisian Head of State had taken a series of exceptional measures, notably suspending the work of Parliament and lifting the immunity enjoyed by deputies.
He had also suspended the Authority for the Control of the Constitutionality of Laws and decided to legislate by means of decrees, just as he dissolved the Superior Council of the Judiciary.
A few hours after the ARP online plenary was held, the tenant of Carthage announced in a televised address, the dissolution of Parliament “to preserve the state and its institutions”, qualifying the virtual plenary and its decisions as a “failed coup attempt”.
The majority of Tunisian political and social forces reject Saïed’s decisions, which they consider to be “a coup d’etat against the Constitution”, while other parties support them, considering that they are a “restoration of the process of the Revolution” of 2011.
Saied, who began a five-year presidential term in 2019, said his decisions are measures taken within the framework of the Constitution to protect the state “from imminent danger”, emphasizing the preservation of rights and freedoms.
