The Tunisian Renaissance Movement congratulated Minister Hisham El Mechishi on his assignment by the President of the Republic, Qais Saeed, to head the new government, and called on him to expand the circle of consultations on its formation.

In a statement signed by its President Rashid Al-Ghannouchi, Al-Nahdha called for a national rescue program to face difficult economic, financial and social challenges, and to expand the circle of consultations with national parties and organizations.

The movement also called on all components of the political arena to calm and dialogue, and adhere to the approach of consensus and support the elements of national unity and stability.

This is the first official statement issued by Al-Nahda after President Qais Saeed - Saturday evening - was appointed by the Minister of Interior of the caretaker government, Hisham El-Mishishi, to form a new government.

Most of the political forces in Tunisia welcomed the appointment of the Mishishi who has a one-month deadline that started on Sunday to form a new government, whose top priority will be to tackle the economic and social problems exacerbated by the Corona virus crisis.

Ghannouchi expressed confidence that the vote will be a renewal of confidence in him (Reuters)

Vote on Ghannouchi

In another context, the Tunisian Parliament Office decided that the vote on the no-confidence list from Parliament Speaker Rashid Ghannouchi, in the session scheduled for Thursday, will be confidential and without deliberation or public discussion among the deputies.

Zainab Al-Brahmi, a member of Parliament’s Parliament member in Al-Nahdha block, told Anatolia news agency that the office unanimously approved in its meeting the voting mechanism to withdraw confidence from Ghannouchi, explaining that this procedure comes as a download to the provisions of Article 51 of the parliament’s internal system, which states that Withdrawal of confidence from the Speaker of Parliament shall be in the same manner as the election in secret.

And last Friday, the parliament’s office decided to organize a public session to vote to withdraw confidence from Ghannouchi, based on a list submitted by 4 parliamentary blocs.

The blocs advanced in the list of withdrawing confidence from Ghannouchi explained the move as "it came as a result of the Speaker taking decisions individually without consulting the Parliament Office, and issuing statements regarding Tunisia's foreign relations that contradict the orientation of Tunisian diplomacy."

"I am confident that it will be a moment to renew confidence in me as Speaker of Parliament and to re-recommend me," Ghannouchi said in a media statement after a meeting of the office in Parliament.

According to the Tunisian constitution and the internal system of parliament, passing the no-confidence list from the speaker of parliament requires the availability of an absolute majority of votes (109 out of a total of 217 deputies).