Tunisian civil associations and organizations, including the General Labor Union, called on President Kais Saied to draw up a road map for a way out of the crisis in the country, not exceeding 30 days, and to respect the independence of the judiciary.

For his part, President Saeed said that the measures he took the day before yesterday are temporary, pledging not to infringe on freedoms.

Seven Tunisian associations and organizations stressed, in a joint statement issued today, Tuesday, that the relevant map should relate to urgent issues, such as fighting the coronavirus pandemic, reviewing the electoral law and political system, and fighting corruption.

This includes the National Syndicate of Journalists, the General Labor Union, the National Lawyers' Association, the Democratic Women's Association, the Judges' Association, the League for the Defense of Human Rights, and the Economic and Social Rights Forum.

The organizations warned against any unjustified extension, stressing the need to adhere to the one-month period to end the work of exceptional measures, and to gather powers in the hands of President Saeed, and called for respecting the independence of the judiciary so that he could regain its role and work independently to expedite the opening of all files, especially those related to assassinations and terrorism. and corruption.

Judiciary

The Assembly of Judges called on the President of the Republic to expedite the termination of the exceptional measures, and to disclose the mechanisms for resuming the democratic path, and considered in a statement that the solution to the crisis would take place after invoking constitutional legitimacy, and respecting the independence of the Public Prosecution.

The Assembly also called on the Public Prosecution to play its role in protecting society and the state from crime, especially those related to crimes of corruption and terrorism, and to pursue its perpetrators, according to the statement.

Earlier, the Supreme Judicial Council called for the judiciary to be distanced from all political quarrels.

In a statement following a meeting with his representatives, President Said, he described the judges as independent, and that the public prosecution is part of the judicial judiciary.

In its statement, the Council affirmed that the Public Prosecution is part of the judicial judiciary, and that it exercises its functions within the scope of what is required by the legal texts in force.

This came after the country's president announced the day before yesterday, among the exceptional measures he had resorted to, his intention to head the Public Prosecution Office, in addition to dissolving the government and freezing the work of Parliament.

Saeed said today that the measures he took are temporary, and that they came due to the deepening of the crisis, as he described it.

He added, during his meeting with representatives of local organizations, including the Labor Union, that freedoms will not be affected in any way.

Reuters quoted these organizations as saying that the Tunisian president pledged to protect the democratic path, rights and freedoms.

sentence of decisions

Saeed had decided, yesterday, to suspend work in state institutions for two days, starting today, Tuesday, after freezing the competencies of Parliament and relieving the Prime Minister of his duties, which caused a political crisis in the country.

This comes in conjunction with the president’s announcement of imposing a night curfew for a month, after his sudden decisions the day before yesterday, which included freezing the competencies of Parliament, and relieving the prime minister of his duties, provided that he himself assumes the executive authority with the help of a government whose president is appointed, which is rejected by most forces. political.


The president had said yesterday - in a meeting with the heads of a number of professional organizations - that what he had done was not a coup, but measures according to the constitution after the country had reached an unacceptable level, as he put it.

For his part, Prime Minister Hisham al-Mashishi pledged to hand over responsibility to anyone chosen by the president, stressing in a statement that he will not be disruptive or part of a problem that complicates the country's situation.

At any moment, the president is expected to appoint, today or tomorrow, a new head of the government and its members.

The position of the Renaissance

The Ennahda movement called for a national dialogue to get the country out of the crisis, and said in a statement after an emergency meeting of its executive office, that the movement “calls on political and civil forces to intensify consultations on the latest developments in order to preserve democratic gains,” calling for a return as soon as possible to constitutional conditions and normal and legal conduct. For state institutions and cabinets.

Ennahda also called on the president of the country to "retract his decisions and address the challenges and difficulties that the country is experiencing within the constitutional framework" and renewed its position on the president's decisions, considering them unconstitutional, and representing a coup against the constitution and institutions.

Calm reigned this morning around the parliament headquarters and the main streets of the capital, Tunis, with Said's decisions related to the announcement of exceptional measures in the country entering their second day.

Bardo Square, in front of the parliament building, seemed almost empty of pedestrians, at a time when security units deployed in its vicinity to secure the area, and the perimeter of the parliament was closed, after a number of President Saeed’s supporters withdrew, and rejected his decisions, from the place after the curfew came into effect.

Yesterday, Ennahda called on its supporters to withdraw from the parliament headquarters, to give priority to the national interest, as it described, after the scene witnessed skirmishes - yesterday - between supporters of the movement and Saeed's supporters, and a number of deputies and Parliament Speaker Ghannouchi camped inside his car, in front of the headquarters, for hours. To protest the freezing of all the powers of the legislative institution.

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Several political parties expressed their official positions on the measures taken by Kais Saied.

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Parliamentary blocs

Most of the parliamentary blocs opposed these decisions, as the Ennahda movement (53 deputies out of 217) considered them a coup, and the “Heart of Tunisia” bloc (29 deputies) considered it a grave breach of the constitution, and the “Democratic Current” bloc (22 deputies) rejected the consequences, and described it as a bloc The "Dignity Coalition" (18 seats) was false, while the "People's" movement supported it (15 deputies).

In a subsequent statement, the parliament, headed by the leader of the Ennahda movement, also strongly condemned the president's decisions, and announced their rejection.

Saeed's decisions came as a result of protests in several governorates at the call of activists who demanded the overthrow of the ruling system and accused the opposition of failure, in light of political, economic and health crises.

Rescue Conference

In the same context, the "Tunisia Project" movement (3 deputies) called - in a statement yesterday - Saeed to clarify his work program within the 30-day deadline he granted himself, by drawing up a road map within the framework of an urgent national conference for rescue.

The movement suggested that this conference end with "organizing a popular referendum to change the political system and amend the entire electoral system."

In turn, the "Long Live Tunisia" movement (10 MPs) urged - in a statement - the political class to assume its historical responsibility, make concessions to reduce the level of tension in the country, and rebuild bridges of trust with the people to launch the comprehensive health, economic and social rescue process.

The "Tunisia Horizons" movement (two deputies) called - in a statement - to the Presidency of the Republic and all political forces and civil society to mobilize to preserve the gains of the revolution, and to engage in reform, amendment and honest and courageous building for a true democratic path and an economic and social revolution that meets the aspirations of Tunisians.