Amal al-Hilali - Tunisia

The decision of the head of the Renaissance movement, Rashid Ghannouchi, to dissolve the movement's executive office and transfer it to a caretaker office, raised more than one question in the Tunisian political arena regarding the motives and backgrounds of this decision, at a time when the movement is experiencing sharp differences, whether within the government coalition or with the opposition.

Following the widespread circulation of the news of the Executive Office’s solution to the renaissance, the movement was quick to issue a clarification statement, confirming the conversion of the current office to a "caretaker office", calling on all its members to continue their work until the completion of the modification.

The movement indicated in the same statement that the matter is related to the intention of the head of the movement to make adjustments to the composition of the office in response to the requirements of the stage, and to present the composition of its new members to the Shura Council for approval.

According to the movement's internal system, its president can exempt or accept the resignation of any member of the executive office from his duties, and the leader of the movement must inform the Shura Council accordingly, and the Shura Council can withdraw confidence from all members of the executive office or from one of its members and by the same required majority to recommend them.

The head of the movement proposes to the Shura Council the members of the Executive Office, including the Secretary General and his deputy or his deputies, from among the members who meet the necessary conditions.

The Secretary-General in charge of the party’s space administration, Ziyad al-Adhari, had previously announced his resignation, and it was said at the time that the reason for the resignation was due to his anger over his lack of candidacy by the then Prime Minister, and his position remained vacant within the movement's executive office.

And behind the scenes of Al-Nahda, the name of Al-Nahdawi Transport Minister Anwar Maarouf is a strong and prominent candidate for the position of the new Secretary-General of the movement, unlike the resigning Secretary-General Ziad Al-Adhari.

Rearrangement
A member of the Renaissance executive Ali Al-Areed went to say that Ghannouchi wanted to give himself an opportunity to rearrange and develop this executive body in the light of a comprehensive evaluation of his performance, and that he informed his office members of his decision a few days ago.

In his speech to Al-Jazeera Net, he explained that words such as "dissolving the executive office" or "conducting business" are vocabulary that are more valid on the state and not on the body of my party, but he pointed out in return that the matter is not related to a routine process or filling vacancies.

On the motives of this decision taken by the movement’s leader, Al-Areed considered that the political changes and new party balances imposed by the results of the legislative and presidential elections were among the reasons that necessitated the renewal of the executive office in a better way.

At the end of his speech, he pointed out that after the elections, many leaderships of members of the movement’s executive bureau were divided between ministerial positions in the government or in parliament, which necessitated the realignment of matters.

Observers believe that Ghannouchi is trying to secure an internal front and a belt of his loyalists within the movement's executive body, against the backdrop of escalating anger and dissatisfaction with the movement's rules and some of its leaders due to the continuous delay of the 11th Renaissance Conference.

Many of those affiliated with the "reformist wing" inside Ennahdha are counting on holding its next conference to elect a new successor to Rashid Ghannouchi, as stipulated in its internal system, and to devote the principle of democratic deliberation to governance.

Individual decision
Al-Nahdha MP Samir Delo said that "no one can predict what is going on in the mind of Ghannouchi," stressing in his speech to Al-Jazeera Net that the decision to dissolve the executive office is "an individual decision made by Ghannouchi according to the powers vested in him."

On the timing of making this decision, with the supposed date of the critical Renaissance movement approaching at the end of this month, Delo described the matter as hazy and unclear.

Ghannouchi’s decision to dissolve the executive office coincides with a state of restlessness and signs of rift within the government coalition, which reached the exchange of accusations and reasons between the leaders of Ennahda and its ally in power, the People's Movement.

Ennahda faces in parliament a strong and fierce opposition from the Free Constitutional Party, the descendant of the dissolved ruling party, which more than once disrupted parliament sessions and caused paralysis in its committees.

Reassurance of the rules
and political analyst Salahuddin al-Jurashi told Al-Jazeera Net that Ghannouchi’s decision is understood as an attempt to give a new breath to the Executive Office, and to send messages of reassurance to its rules that there is real internal dynamics and democracy at the heart of the party.

Al-Jurashi pointed out that the President of the Renaissance has become well aware of the risks to the movement, in light of the ongoing conflicts and contradictions, whether within the government, parliament, or even with the presidency.

He wondered whether the "Ghannouchi tactic" would go to open up to the angry leaders and recollect them inside the executive office, headed by the Minister of Health and the prominent leader of the movement, Abd al-Latif al-Makki, who had previously announced his refusal to postpone the eleventh Renaissance Conference.