The temporary situation in Tunisia is almost permanent, and the political uncertainty is increasing in intensity, which made concern growing among citizens with the continued absence of a clear scenario out of the crisis that the country entered, after 7 weeks of measures implemented by President Kais Saied, according to which he assumed full power on July 25 / Last July, citing an "imminent danger" threatening the nation.
With this introduction, the French newspaper Le Monde summarized an article by its correspondents in Tunisia, Frederic Bobin and Lilia Blaise, in which it stated that the political reform promised by Kais Saied is still ambiguous, and that the country is still without a prime minister and without a parliament, and has extended the “state of emergency.” Another month awaiting the president's address to the nation, which is always reminded that it will be in a few days.
ambiguity in orientation
In this atmosphere of ambiguity, waiting and uncertainty - as the two writers see - no one knows where Tunisia is heading, and impatience has begun to increase openly inside and outside the country, accompanied by the fading of the country's star.
Although the measures taken by the 63-year-old president were greeted with glee by the people frustrated by the paralysis of institutions and the trench war between the presidential palace, the prime minister and the fragmented parliament, in a deteriorating economic and social situation, the confusion began to increase more than 50 days after the “state of emergency.” Saeed's popularity began to wane despite her continued existence.
The 63-year-old president talked about the idea of "amending" the 2014 constitution, which he said Tunisians were "fed up" with, without providing further details, although one of his advisers told a television channel two days ago that Said was heading towards establishing a "presidential system" without specifying the content. And the method of this future constitutional project.
The two writers believed that the president’s “courtship” to the people was no longer sufficient to dispel fears of drifting toward the authority of the individual, noting that criticism of the situation by Noureddine al-Taboubi, Secretary-General of the General Labor Union may represent a shift regarding the emergence of a splinter front in this regard, as he told the head of state. "If you try to get away from the path of a civil and democratic state, the union is here and ready to fight."
fight corruption
In the same context, activist Raghda Fula, 30, another pole on the far left in the struggle field, who had been better at Said, began to question his true intention, after the suppression of a demonstration on the first of September, and said, "These practices are the same. Which was during the era of Ben Ali, it makes us fear that July 25 will not necessarily be a blessing from heaven as we thought."
Saeed hopes - according to the newspaper report - to face these doubts by investing in the controversial "war on corruption", where 50 people were subjected to house arrest and dozens of travel bans, especially businessmen, in light of the legal ambiguity condemned by Amnesty. International and Human Rights Watch considered it "arbitrary".
The lack of clarity on the president's scenario has caused alarm, even in circles that welcomed Said on July 25, and the news website Capitalis, which has been attacking Saied's critics, wrote that "some of his supporters are beginning to have serious doubts about his ability to open up prospects in a country that has been completely deadlocked." ".
The constitution is the only concern
"The President of the Republic does not seem to realize that the biggest danger facing Tunisia is the economic sector" and that despite the "friendship" that the world has for Tunisia, no investor would dare to settle in a country that does not know what will happen next month.
Political scientist Sahbi Khalfaoui says, "The head of state did not move quickly enough in the aftermath of July 25, as if he does not realize the urgency of the economic and social situation, and is only interested in constitutional reform."
Abroad, concern is no longer hidden about the path of Tunisia, which was celebrated as a democratic model in the Arab and Islamic world. Indeed, US Senator Chris Murphy asked Saeed, when he met him in Tunisia, about the prospects for “restoring representative democracy,” explaining that “there are concerns growing on Tunisia" in his country.
In Europe, Josep Borrell, the European Union's high representative for foreign policy, made almost similar statements on his visit to Tunisia, which raised "European concerns regarding the preservation of democratic gains".
However, the presidency's Facebook page announced that Tunisia is a "sovereign country" that does not accept being in the "student who receives lessons" site, as if Said did not like this, as the two writers conclude.