Tunisia .. Ennahda Shura nominates Ghannouchi to the presidency of the parliament and adhere to the formation of the government

Tunisia's Ennahda Shura Council renewed its adherence to the decision to nominate a new prime minister from within the movement, and nominated its leader Rashid Ghannouchi to head the parliament.

Chairman of the Shura Council Abdul Karim al-Harouni told Mosaic private radio that the 33rd session of the movement's shura witnessed a record attendance of its members, and ended late Saturday evening before the allotted time, which was supposed to continue today.

Harouni added that the council stuck to the decision taken in the previous session the right of Ennahda (52 seats out of 217 seats) to nominate a personal from within to form a government.

He added that the movement will continue to negotiate the formation of the government, and that the Shura Council will remain in an open meeting to continue negotiations with parties that may be a party to the coalition government.

Harouni said that in due course, after negotiations with partners, Ennahda will appoint a figure from within to form a government.

Meanwhile, the head of the Ennahda Shura Council confirmed that the Shura Council had also decided to nominate its president, Rashed Ghannouchi, for the post of speaker of parliament, and Ghannouchi Fao, a seat from Tunisia's first constituency, in the October 6th legislative elections.

Recently, Ennahdha has named Ghannouchi as its natural candidate to head the next government. This is the first time he has announced his candidacy for the newly elected parliament, which will hold its first session next Wednesday.

Ennahdha spokesman said the Shura Council meeting, which was held at the movement's headquarters in the capital, will focus on the program of the next government, and will not specify a name assigned to the task of forming the next government.

Ennahdha's adherence to the appointment of one of its leaders to head the government despite the rejection of a number of parties involved in the negotiations, namely the democratic current (22 seats), the People's Movement (15 deputies), and the movement of long live Tunisia (14 deputies) to assign a figure from within Ennahda to head the government and demanding concessions to form A broad coalition government by choosing an independent personality.

The Tunisian private media talked about the name of the former Constituent Assembly President Mustapha Ben Jaafar as an independent figure at the head of the government, but Ennahdha denied that.