Tunisia: Ennahdha's strategy between call for dialogue and media pressure
The leader of Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi, July 29, 2021. FETHI BELAID AFP
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Six days after President Kaïs Saïed's decision to dismiss the head of government and suspend the work of Parliament, the country's first political formation, Ennahdha, calls for a national dialogue but also tries to exert pressure, via a media campaign, for that the president reconsider his decisions.
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With our correspondent in Tunis,
Lilia Blaise
At the headquarters of the Islamo-conservative party, Ennahdha, calm reigns this Thursday, July 29, despite the upheavals of recent days.
Ali Larrayedh is the party's vice-chairman and former head of government in 2013, during an acute political crisis that prompted him to resign from the government.
He looks back on the failures of Ennahdha, which today crystallizes popular discontent ...
“
I admit that we've given politics a lot more priority, democracy I mean and freedom
,” he admits, “
and we haven't done much work on economic and social issues.
there was a lot of struggle, a lot of problems.
"
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Return to the vote
"
The official line is dialogue, but the tone is currently rising in the face of the lack of response.
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We are always updating our strategy and we are not alone,"
continues
Ali Larrayedh
.
The more days go by, the more people will say yes to the Constitution, yes to democracy, yes to freedom, no to the accumulation of all powers.
"
Among the young people of the party, Maha Somrani, 27 years old rather defends early elections: "
We arrived in Parliament with our majority, via the ballot box, so for us, it would be natural to return to the vote, that would allow everyone to vote. expressing oneself through the democracy of an election
”
In an Italian media, Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of the party, warned of chaos and 500,000 Tunisian migrants landing on the Italian coast, in his words, if the President did not reverse his decisions.
A strategy of appeasement that is starting to crumble.
► See also: Political crisis in Tunisia: the Ennahdha party ready for early elections
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