Amal Al-Hilali - Tunisia
The Tunisian parliament is living in an unprecedented state of tension and chaos, after its public sessions turned into a space for settling political scores and accusations, amid calls for enacting a code of conduct and revising the internal system, with the aim of imposing discipline within the dome of the Council.
The last plenary session of the parliament witnessed a sharp conquest between the leader of the Free Constitutional Party Abeer Moussa and the speaker of the parliament Rashid Ghannouchi and other deputies from the Al-Nahda movement. There was also a delay between the deputy and deputies from the People's Movement and the Democratic Current.
A group of parliamentarians expressed concern about the repeated attempts by the "Free Constitutional" bloc to disrupt the plenary sessions, by fabricating battles in front of camera lenses, boycotting the interventions of deputies and the Speaker, and distorting the entire legislative institution.
Some parliamentary blocs - like the Democratic Current, the Heart of Tunisia, the Renaissance Movement, and the Dignity Coalition - called for the need to expedite the enactment of a code of conduct that governs the conduct of sessions and the interventions of deputies.
Vacancy in the internal system
For his part, Hatem Al-Maleky, deputy for the “Heart of Tunisia”, confirmed to Al-Jazeera Net that the revision of the internal law of parliament in light of the chaos recurring in public sessions has become an urgent necessity, which will be addressed in the meetings of the blocs to enact new chapters imposing the prestige of parliament and deputies.
Al-Maliki criticized the parliament’s transformation into a space for political rivalries, which threatens to disrupt his work, calling on all blocs to exercise a minimum level of discipline and mutual respect among fellow deputies.
The Heart of Tunisia party had previously called on the Internal System Committee to enact a code of conduct in Parliament, following the chaos that marred the opening session and the Constitutional Party's decision at that time to sit in covers and sheets inside the session hall, which disrupted its work for days.
In a related context, Ghazi Al-Shawashy, a member of the Parliament’s internal system committee, confirmed the committee’s intention to review the internal law, especially with regard to measures to lift immunity.
Al-Shawashi acknowledged - in his speech to Al-Jazeera Net - that there are vacancies in the internal system about mechanisms to deal with cases of chaos and disrupt the sessions, in light of the failure to give the speaker sufficient powers, stressing the urgent need to expedite the ratification of a binding code of conduct that regulates relations between representatives of the blocs and preserves their dignity.
"Orgy and clowning"
According to Al-Shawashy, Representative Abeer Moussa is making systematic attempts to "plot" the parliamentary scene and practice "orgy and clowning" in order to disrupt its sessions, in the context of its struggle not only with the Renaissance movement and its president, but with all the blocs, according to his expression.
The Organization of the Families of the Martyrs and Victims of the Revolution, "Faithful", has announced its intention to file a lawsuit to dissolve the Free Constitutional Party and lift the immunity of all its deputies. The families of the martyrs also demonstrated inside the parliament dome to denounce what they described as insulting the revolution's martyrs by Abeer Musa.
The former Secretary-General of the dissolved Constitutional Rally Party and leader of the Al-Mubadara Party, Muhammad Al-Gharyani, said in a statement to Al-Jazeera Net that what Abeer and the representatives of her bloc are distorting constitutions.
He added, "This woman is still suffering from the eradication complex and has not yet understood the climate of consensus and comprehensive reconciliation between all political groups after the revolution."
He emphasized that constitutions should turn the page of the past, end differences with Islamists and other political currents, and actively engage in comprehensive reconciliation.
It is mentioned that Al Jazeera Net tried to communicate with one of the representatives of the Free Constitutional Bloc, but he did not respond to our communications.