Amal Hilali - Tunisia

The fragmented parliamentary landscape, produced by Tunisia's inconclusive legislative elections, raised more than a question about possible scenarios for alliances within the parliament's dome and the ability of the winning party to form a government as required by the constitution.

Unlike the 2014 elections, which produced two blocs in parliament, represented by the Nidaa Tounes and Ennahda, which were able under the coalition to form the first nucleus of the government, the 2019 legislation has fragmented the accounts of the parties after independent coalitions were surprised.

The preliminary results published by the Electoral Commission, respectively, produced the Ennahda movement but without being able to obtain the minimum majority - 109 seats - to form the government alone, followed by the heart of Tunisia and the Democratic Current Party and then the independent list "Coalition of Dignity", the Free Constitutional Party.

The President of the Republic, according to article 89 of the Constitution, assigns the candidate of the party or electoral coalition with the largest number of parliamentary seats within a week of the announcement of the final results of the elections to form a government within a month renewed once.

In the event that the time limit exceeds the formation of the government, or if the confidence of the Parliament is not obtained, the President of the Republic shall, within ten days, consult with the parties, coalitions and parliamentary blocs to entrust the most capable person to form a government within a maximum of one month.

If four months have elapsed since the first mandate, and the members of the House of Representatives have not given confidence to the Government, the President of the Republic has the right to dissolve the House of Representatives and call for new legislative elections within 45 days and a maximum of 90 days.

Declaration of estrangement
The two leading parties in the forefront of the results of the legislative elections - Ennahda and the heart of Tunisia - to announce the boycott and close the doors to any possibility of the coalition in parliament, and their leadership exchanged charges of corruption and nepotism.

Earlier, Ennahda leader Rashed Ghannouchi rejected any possible alliance with jailed presidential candidate Nabil al-Qarawi's party, explaining his position that a number of those involved in corruption were involved.

Hatem al-Maliki, leader of the Heart of Tunisia party, said that his party will not ally with Ennahdha and will not participate in a government that constitutes it, in local media statements, blaming it for the country's economic and social failure.

Many readings went to political leaders and analysts on the plight of the political scene in the light of the results of the legislative elections, ranged from calling for a national rescue government to warn of the scenario of re-elections in the event of failure of the winning party to form a government.

Government Rescue
The leader of the Democratic Party, Ghazi Chaouachi, the scenario of the formation of a government "national rescue" composed of independent and non-partisan competencies charged for a maximum of three years to implement urgent economic and social reform programs developed by the winning parties in parliament.

In a statement to Al Jazeera Net, Al-Shawashi expressed his fears that the current fragmented parliamentary structure will not be able to form a government, forcing everyone, he said, to re-elect the legislative elections.

The leader of the same party, Mohamed Abbou, has stipulated in return for an alliance with Ennahdha in the next government to entrust his party to run the ministries of Justice and Interior and the formation of a ministry of administrative reform full powers of the Democratic Current.

Alliance is possible
Long live Tunisia, led by Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, in turn announced a principled position of refusal to join a government led by Ennahdha, and its position within the parliament in the opposition, according to local statements of the leader of the movement Hamed al-Maghribi justifying saying that respect for the will of the political family he chose to rule the country.

For his part, the constitutional expert Jawhar bin Mubarak played down the fears of the parties about the difficulty of forming the government within its constitutional timelines, although he acknowledged in return the fragmentation of the parliamentary scene between the parties of medium and small independent lists.

He went on to talk to Al Jazeera Net to say the possibility of an alliance between the party blocs close to the spirit of the revolution and other centrist, such as Ennahda, the current movement and the People's Movement and the dignity coalition and long live Tunisia, but this requires - "arduous but not impossible negotiations" and concessions in order to overcome the scenario of failure to form a government.

The Quartet, former sponsor of the National Dialogue, represented by the Labor Union, the customs organization, the Bar Association and the Human Rights Association, called in a statement Tuesday winners of the elections to accelerate the formation of the government in view of the delicate situation in the country.