A presidential decree appoints Kamel Fekih, to succeed him in the same functions
The President of the Tunisian Republic, Kaïs Saïed has decided to dismiss the governor of Tunis, Chedly Bouallègue, who will now be replaced by Kamel Fekih.
According to a press release from the Presidency consulted on Thursday by the Anadolu Agency, Saïed issued two presidential decrees. The first put an end to the functions of Chedly Bouallègue, as governor of Tunis. The second appoints Kamel Fekih, to succeed him in the same functions.
Tunisia has been in the throes of a serious political crisis since the Head of State decided, on July 25, to dismiss the Head of Government, Hichem Mechichi, to freeze the powers of Parliament for a period of 30 days and to lift the immunity of deputies in the context of exceptional measures.
Saïed also announced that he was assuming executive power with the help of a government of which he will designate the head and proceeded in the following days to a series of sackings of ministers and senior officials in the apparatus. ‘State.
The Tunisian President had decided to abolish the provisional body for the control of the constitutionality of bills, to legislate by presidential decrees and to exercise executive power with the help of a government, while observers and political parties believe that the new presidential provisions constitute “a coup against the Constitution”.
The majority of parties rejected Saïed’s decisions, extended on August 24. Some parties have qualified these decisions as a “coup against the Constitution”, while other political parties consider them a “restoration of the process”, against the backdrop of political, economic and health crises (Covid-19).
