Tunisian political parties and personalities continue to announce their positions rejecting the decisions of Tunisian President Kais Saied to dissolve parliament and the government and control the executive and judicial authority, stressing that these decisions violate the constitution.
The "Heart of Tunisia" bloc, which is the second force in Parliament, announced its rejection of the president's decisions, describing them as a "grave breach of the constitution", and expressed its adherence to electoral legitimacy and respect for the law and institutions.
The bloc also called on the government to exercise its legitimate tasks and avoid creating an institutional vacuum, and urged the army and security to adhere to their historical role in protecting the state and its institutions and the values of the republic and revolution.
And on Sunday evening, Tunisian President Kais Saied announced, after an emergency meeting with military and security leaders, the dissolution of parliament, the lifting of immunity from the deputies, and the exemption of Prime Minister Hisham Al-Mashishi from his duties, provided that he himself assumes the executive authority with the help of a government whose president is appointed.
The bloc called on the Assembly of the Representatives of the People (Parliament) to convene immediately, and called on Al-Mashishi to assume its legitimate duties and to avoid creating a vacuum in the institution of the prime minister.
Failed coup decisions
The "Dignity Coalition" in Tunisia, at dawn on Monday, expressed its categorical rejection of the recent decisions announced by the president, and called on the people to "defend their freedom and revolution."
"The Dignity Coalition categorically rejects these failed coup decisions," said Seif El-Din Makhlouf, the coalition's official spokesman.
Makhlouf continued, in a video posted on his party's Facebook page, "We call on the Tunisian people to reject them (the president's decisions) and to defend their freedom and the revolution of their martyrs and wounded."
Makhlouf considered that Chapter (Article) 80 of the Tunisian Constitution does not allow Saeed to take these decisions, and added, "When it comes to the president of the republic turning against the democratic path, freedom and revolution, we tell him to stop."
Makhlouf stressed that "the Assembly of the Representatives of the People is not and will not be frozen," and called on the armed forces and internal security forces not to comply with those decisions.
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The Democratic Current Party also expressed its disagreement with the President's interpretation of Article 80 of the Constitution, stressing its rejection of the resulting decisions and procedures outside the constitution, according to its description.
The current stressed, in a statement, that it does not see a solution except within the framework of the constitution, calling on the President of the Republic and all democratic forces and national organizations to unite efforts to get the country out of the crisis, with respect for democracy, human rights and resistance to financial corruption.
At the same time, the statement held the ruling coalition led by the Ennahda movement and the Meshishi government responsible for the popular congestion and the social, economic and health crisis.
The Democratic Current Party is one of the most prominent components of the democratic bloc opposing the Meshishi government, and its declared position in the statement contradicts the position of Samia Abbou, the party leader, who said in a previous intervention with Al Jazeera that the measures taken by the president did not violate the constitution.
Samia Abbou defended not consulting the heads of government and parliament before taking these measures.
Arab Spring Filter
In an interview with Al Jazeera, former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki referred to what he called "a regional decision to liquidate the Arab Spring."
The former Tunisian president considered what is happening in Tunisia a failure of the whole system.
Al-Marzouki asserted that those he described as coupists do not have solutions.
He accused the president of perjuring his promise to protect the constitution during the presidential oath.
Ghannouchi is holding fast
For his part, the head of the Ennahda Movement and the Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament, Rached Ghannouchi, considered, at dawn on Monday, President Kais Saied’s recent decisions “a coup against the revolution and the constitution,” and stressed that the Tunisian people would defend the revolution, and warned that Said’s decisions were “wrong and will plunge Tunisia and its people into darkness and power.” One opinion.
This morning, Ghannouchi began a sit-in in front of Parliament after he was prevented, along with other deputies, from entering the parliament headquarters by the army, who confirmed that they were closing it according to presidential instructions.
Regarding what Saeed said that he had consulted the Speaker of Parliament and the Prime Minister in his decisions, Ghannouchi denied this, and said, "President Saeed only consulted me in emergency procedures, and he used to consult about emergencies, and he did not inform us in advance of his decisions," which he announced on Sunday evening.
Ghannouchi stressed that he considers that “Parliament is in permanent session and the government is still in place” as stipulated in the constitution, calling on the deputies to “steadfast and defend their legitimacy in the face of the invalid measures taken by the head of state.”
He added that he contacted the Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Union Noureddine Taboubi (the oldest trade union organization in Tunisia) in order to restore democracy, while calling on the rest of the national organizations "to defend legitimacy."
Ghannouchi added that he is in the process of contacting Prime Minister Hisham al-Mashishi, following the decisions taken by the head of state.
He stressed that he would call a meeting of the parliamentary blocs, on Monday, and continue working normally in Parliament, noting that in the event of disrupting the work of Parliament, "this will be considered part of the tyranny of President Qais Saeed."
A coup against the revolution
Ali Al-Arayedh, deputy head of the Tunisian Ennahda Movement, described the Tunisian president's decisions to dissolve parliament and dismiss the prime minister as a coup against the constitution and the revolution.
Al-Arayedh called on political forces, civil organizations and citizens to stand in the face of all authoritarian tendencies and try to circumvent the constitution.
Al-Arayedh stated that the groups that attacked the headquarters of the Ennahda movement on Sunday, "some of them obtained money and were used by political parties, and some of them are close to Tunisian President Kais Saied."
Al-Arayedh stressed that state institutions should follow up on "the file of employment abroad and protect the state from any external interference."
He also made it clear that his party will present cases of all those proven to be involved in the attacks on headquarters, and at the same time will not be drawn into violence and will always adhere to the law.
Riad Al-Shuaibi, political advisor to the head of the Tunisian Ennahda Movement, called on state institutions not to implement the recent decisions taken by the president.