The designated Tunisian Prime Minister, Elias El-Fakhfakh, announced the formation of his new government, after a month of arduous negotiations and consultations with various political parties and disputes over portfolios.
Al-Fakhfakh formally presented his government's lineup to President Qais Saeed after he reached an agreement with Al-Nahda, ending a political crisis that has lasted for nearly four months.
"The period of consultations, despite its difficulty and complexity, was a high-level case of democracy," Al-Fakhfakh said in a statement broadcast on state television after his meeting with the Tunisian President.
Al-Fakhfakh added that this government consisted of a broad coalition of different political parties, high independent leaders and political figures, adding that it will be the government of all Tunisians, with their various variations and differences, and will commit to serving the people and the goals of the country and taking into account the supreme interest of the country, and will strive to provide opportunities for success and restore confidence to the Tunisians.
The new squad included 29 ministers and state writers, the share of the Ennahda movement in which there were 7 ministerial portfolios, some of whom had previously held ministerial positions in previous governments such as Minister of Health Abd al-Latif al-Makki and Minister of State for Transport Anwar Maarouf, while the Democratic Party won 3 ministries, while granting traps Equally for my party, Tunisia and the People's Movement live in two ministerial portfolios, one bag for each of the Alternative Party and Nidaa Tounes, while the rest of the ministries have become independent personalities.
The Foreign Ministry's portfolio was assigned to the diplomat and current ambassador to Muscat, Noureddine Al-Ray, while Hisham Al-Mishishi will take over the Interior Ministry, who is the legal advisor to President Qais Saeed, while the Ministry of Defense transferred to Imad Al-Hazqi who was the head of the National Authority for Access to Information and Justice to Judge Lubna Al-Juraibi, while he will be International expert on strategy and economic development Nizar Lives at the head of the Ministry of Finance.
It is expected that the traps and its government team will not find it difficult to gain the confidence of the parliament, after the Ennahda Movement (54 deputies in Parliament) announced its participation and the call of its parliamentary bloc to give it confidence in the parliament, to ensure that the traps would obtain a parliamentary majority, after the parties of the Democratic Movement and a movement announced The people, long live Tunisia and the National Reform Bloc (a total of 66 deputies) that they will vote for this government.
According to the Tunisian constitution, before the start of its work, the new government must obtain the confidence of the absolute majority of the deputies, that is, 109 out of a total of 217 deputies.
In the event that parliament's confidence is not obtained, the President of the Republic, Qais Said, will dissolve parliament and call for new parliamentary elections, as stipulated in Chapter 89 of the Tunisian Constitution.