The Shura Council of the Tunisian Renaissance Movement will discuss during a meeting this evening, Tuesday, a final decision to withdraw confidence from Prime Minister Elias Al-Fakhfakh, while the latter considered that the country can no longer tolerate more confusion and political maneuvers.
The leader of the Al-Nahda movement, Fathi Al-Ayadi, said that the Shura Council may take a final decision on Tuesday evening to withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister, Elias Al-Fakhakh, considering that the latter replaced the escalation against the movement with the decision to submit his resignation.
Al-Ayyadi added in an interview with Anadolu Agency that the suspicion of corruption linked to the traps calls for him to resign and take a courageous decision that saves the political scene and the Tunisian experience from division and fragmentation, with the aim of putting the country on a safe path.
He pointed out that the traps, instead of taking the decision to resign, sought to escalate against the Al-Nahda movement, and considered that the government's statement yesterday came as a reaction to the position of the Al-Nahda Shura Council.
He stressed that his movement did not exert pressure or blackmail on the prime minister, "rather we dealt seriously and tried to overcome all obstacles of communication and political discourse, but he was always in his speech accusing Renaissance and offending it."
Position traps
On the other hand, the Tunisian Prime Minister said that the country can no longer tolerate more confusion and political maneuvers, and that the delicate situation requires everyone to give priority to the supreme interest of the country, in order to be able to save the state.
This came in a statement by the Presidency of the Government on the meeting of gathering traps, at the government headquarters, with both the Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Labor Union and President of the Federation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts and the President of the Tunisian Federation of Agriculture and Maritime Fishing.
Al-Fakhfakh called, during the meeting, to provide the appropriate climates to start achieving social benefits and to meet the urgent expectations of the parties and groups, away from political interactions and partisan conflicts.
On Monday, al-Fakhfakh, in a statement, said that he would conduct a cabinet reshuffle within the next few days, with hints that Al-Nahda would be removed from the government.
He accused Al-Nahda Movement of preparing for a scene he described as a dilemma, serving its partisan interests, and violating the principle of government solidarity.
He considered Al-Nahda’s call to form a new government to evade the movement’s obligations and pledges with its coalition partners in the midst of what it described as national efforts to save the country and the country's exhausted economy, and described its position as a “flagrant violation and a disregard for stability.”
Presidential rejection
Yesterday, the Shura Council of the Ennahda Movement decided to launch consultations to form a new government, on the background of a "suspicion of conflict of interests" chasing the traps.
But Tunisian President Qais Saeed rejected any consultations to form a new government, unless the traps resigned or an indictment was brought against him.
Since February 27, Fakhfakh has chaired a government coalition that includes four main parties and a parliamentary bloc, the Ennahda Movement which is the largest of the parliamentary blocs and has 54 deputies out of 217. .