Badreddine Ouhaibi - Tunisia

The controversy in Tunisia between the so-called "progressive family" and the revolutionary movement over the rise of candidate Kais Said to the second round of the presidential elections has intensified between a supporter and a skeptical of his ability to form a political belt if he succeeds in reaching Carthage Palace.

Ennahdha, whose presidential candidate Abdel Fattah Moro came in third, quickly developed a new formulation of its political rhetoric, adopted firm self-criticism over its previous alliance with Nidaa Tounes, and announced positions and programs more closely aligned with the demands of its electoral bases, which have fallen because of this alliance.

Ennahda leader Rashid Ghannouchi announced the movement's support for Qais Said, with the required unification of ranks in the legislative elections and not to ally with any party hovering around him or its leaders on suspicion of corruption, in reference to the candidate Nabil Karoui, a prisoner who competes with Said in the second round.

The announcement opened the way for a wave of harsh criticism against Ennahdha by parties that used to place themselves under the banner of a "progressive democratic family."

Criticism of the Renaissance
In the context, said the candidate of the "new homeland" in the legislative elections scheduled for next Sunday that Ghannouchi "live a state of terror and panic" because of the results of the ballot boxes in the first round of the presidencies, ruling out in media statements the possibility of the movement's success in sweeping the next parliament.

For his part, called for the "appeal of Tunisia" Mongi Harbawi in a blog post on Facebook Ghannouchi to "bound its limits when talking about the appeal," reminding him that "they have removed the turban of extremism and the meal of terrorism."

Fears
Regarding Ghannouchi's call to rally around Ennahda to protect Said's parliamentarian, Enas Ben Nasr, a leader of the Nidaa Tounes movement, said all scenarios are on the cards pending the results of the legislative elections. Although not convinced of the potential of the coalition, they considered the future political goals will determine the orientations of parliamentary blocs.

Inas added to Al Jazeera Net that the only obstacle that stands in front of Tunisia's call for positive engagement with Qais Said in the form of winning the presidency is the ambiguity surrounding the parties supporting him.

She considered that the statements of his supporters and supporters do not predict good, expecting more transparency than this candidate in the stage before the second round of the presidential.

The Political Bureau of the Tunis Appeal issued a statement a few days ago calling on "political parties returning to the discourse of division and division of the Tunisian people to desist from provocation and fallacy and discourse of distortion and adherence to the principles of democracy, especially the principle of fair political competition."

The head of the Free Constitutional Party, Abeer Moussa, who is known for her staunch anti-Ennahda stances, said that ISIS is "packing their luggage to replace us with the arrival of their friends and defenders to power." In the framework of what it called the hellish plan that is being prepared in the legislative elections.

Responses and ratings
In return for these accusations, Ennahda spokesman Emad Khamiri said that many political parties based their speech on the exclusion and distortion of Ennahdha and linked them to a series of fake files, and that they in the movement were not surprised by the kind of statements that he considered the birth of the electoral situation in the country.

Khamiri told Al Jazeera Net that the Tunisian people are able to respond to such exclusionary policies that affect Tunisia's national unity, and that political discourse based on hatred no longer attracts citizens, and that these parties had to rebuild their political entities as required by the revolution.

He stressed that it would have been better to read the results of the ballot boxes correctly and then devote efforts to clean up the "ideological reservoirs" of these parties, which continue to draw from an old theoretical framework that requires a comprehensive modernization in order to reconcile with the people, especially the youth.

New stream
For his part, presidential candidate Lotfi Merayhi, who was the first supporter of Qais Said in the second round, said that voters punished all those who ruled after the revolution, and that their votes basically went to a new stream.

He added to the island that voters are looking for new hope in people with specifications of hand hygiene and credibility, unlike their assessment of the system that exercised power, which suffers from the problem of leaders and circles of influence of the families behind them prevent them from meeting despite their statements.

Al-Maraihi said that the presidential scenario will be repeated in the legislations, and that the wave of change that the Tunisian voter has installed will continue despite the campaigns of intimidation by the media, because the Tunisian who dared to the old system will inevitably continue on the same platform in search of political change for the country.

According to the presidential candidate, Al-Safi Said, the current system is staggering and trying to cling, but the wheel of history will not go back, despite attempts by the followers of this regime to block it.

Saeed added to Al Jazeera Net that he is optimistic about the youthful gift of hope, which will one day achieve his aspirations.