Bouajila insisted, in his statements to the “Beyond the News” program (12/14/2012), describing Said’s recent decisions as perpetuating the coup that he started on July 25, as he suspended Parliament, dissolved the government and put his hand on all authorities in the state.
Saeed had announced yesterday, Monday, that he will resort to consulting the people electronically on the constitution, provided that Parliament remains suspended, and elections will be held in December 2022.
In Bouajila's view, Said's decisions are the consolidation of a dictatorship unprecedented except during the era of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, as well as in Cambodia.
Saied accused him of trying to delude Tunisians that he is laying before them a road map, while for the first time in human history he will resort to an electronic popular consultation for the people on the constitution, stressing the seriousness of the matter that no one can verify and monitor the integrity of this process.
Bouajila goes on to say: After that, Said himself will write the constitution, ignoring all political and popular forces in the country.
But political activist Belhassan Al-Hiyari defended Said's decisions, and said that they come in response to the demands of the Tunisian people and the demands of international powers that want a clear road map for Tunisia.
With regard to the electronic consultation, Al-Hiyari believed that it would provide the opportunity for all Tunisians to express their opinions on the constitution of their country, and it would not be the case for parties as it was in the past.
Al-Hiyari did not hesitate to accuse some of the political forces that oppose Said's decisions of being opposing in order to defend their interests and political gains that they previously reaped through the roles they played in the Tunisian political scene.