The Tunisian Labor Union called on President Kais Saied to consult with experts before making decisions and "not be satisfied with consulting his friends", following the Tunisian president's decision to extend the suspension of parliament's work and lift the parliamentary immunity of all its members.

The union added that it was "surprised" by the decisions issued by Saied and expressed "dissatisfaction" with them, and the Assistant Secretary-General of the Tunisian Labor Union stated that Tunisia is the only country in the world that lives under absolute autocracy.

The Tunisian Labor Union also said that the country is heading towards an abyss, and that there are fears and doubts about the possibility of not being able to pay salaries.

The Tunisian presidency said, in a statement, that the president decided to extend the suspension of Parliament and lift the parliamentary immunity of all its members.

According to a statement by the Tunisian Presidency, Said also decided to continue working with the measures related to the exercise of legislative and executive powers, which he took on the twenty-fifth of last July.

President Saeed also decided to continue working with the preamble to the constitution and all constitutional provisions that do not conflict with the exceptional measures taken, in addition to canceling the constitutionality monitoring body for laws.

extraordinary measures

The Tunisian president also announced his responsibility to prepare draft amendments related to political reforms through the assistance of a committee organized by presidential order, according to a statement by the Tunisian presidency.

The Tunisian Official Gazette stated that legislation will be through decrees taken by the head of state, noting that the president exercises executive power with the help of a government headed by the head of government.

Reuters quoted the head of the Ennahda party, Rached Ghannouchi, as saying that the declarations issued by President Kais Saied are an abrogation of the constitution, and that the party does not agree to this.

For his part, the General Rapporteur of the Constitution and leader of the Ennahda movement, Habib Khader, considered that the new exceptional measures announced by Saied mean an official departure from the constitution.

Khader said in a tweet on Facebook, that these new measures are to reveal the coup with a blatant face, as he described it.


The Ennahda movement - which has the largest parliamentary bloc with 53 deputies - announced in a statement yesterday, Tuesday, its rejection of Said's direction to approve "transitional provisions", considering that he is determined to abolish the constitution, and warning against the "disintegration of the state" if its exceptional measures continue.

And the Tunisian president announced last Monday - in a speech from the state of Sidi Bouzid (centre) - that "exceptional measures will continue, and transitional provisions have been put in place (without clarification), while preserving everything stated in the constitution," referring to the beginning of preparations for the enactment of laws. Transition and amendment of the electoral law.

In this context, the leader of the Ennahda movement, Muhammad al-Qumani, said that the exception had already become a complete chaos and tampering with the state and the future of the people, and the future is more dangerous.

In turn, the Secretary-General of the Democratic Current Party, Ghazi Al-Shawashi, said that whoever turns against the country's constitution loses its legitimacy and requires resistance.

party rejection

Yesterday, Tuesday, 4 Tunisian parties announced their refusal to suspend the constitution or extend the work of exceptional measures without horizon, warning that this situation reinforces individual rule and threatens the return of tyranny.

Tunisia has been experiencing a severe political crisis since its president, Kais Saied, decided last July 25 to dismiss Prime Minister Hisham Al-Mashishi, provided that he assume the executive authority with the help of a government whose president is appointed, in addition to freezing the powers of Parliament, lifting the immunity of deputies, and being headed by the Public Prosecution.

Yesterday, Tuesday, the general secretaries of the "Democratic Current" parties (Social Democratic, 22 deputies out of 217), "Afaq Tounes" (liberal, two deputies), "Democratic Bloc for Labor and Freedoms" (Social Democratic, no deputies) and "The Republican" met (Center, no deputies) with the Secretary-General of the Labor Union (the largest union organization) Noureddine Taboubi at the union headquarters in the capital, according to a statement by the Republican Party.

The four parties expressed - according to the statement - their "deep concern about the continued ambiguity and pushing the situation towards further escalation and tension, at a time when the country needs a calm approach to the repercussions of the crisis, which is now threatening state institutions with complete paralysis."

And she stated her "rejection of all explicit and convincing calls to suspend the constitution or to extend the work of exceptional measures without horizon," warning that this situation "consolidates individual rule and threatens the return of tyranny."

And she called for "accelerating the assignment of a prime minister to confront the priority economic and financial files, and to cut off all the negative aspects of the previous administration of governance institutions."

The fall of legitimacy

For his part, former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki said that Tunisian President Kais Saied's announcement of the existence of transitional provisions is a notification of the end of the constitution, which means that the president's legitimacy will fall permanently and he must be removed and tried, he said.

This came in a speech that Marzouki addressed - yesterday evening, Tuesday - to the Tunisian people, which was broadcast on his official page on Facebook.

Al-Marzouki said, "Saeed's talk about setting transitional provisions means canceling the constitution, which means going in the enactment of custom-made laws.

Al-Marzouki reiterated that "Saeed is upside down and can only be described as that, and his legitimacy is eroded and will end, and the removal of the man and his referral to trial becomes a serious issue."