Today, Wednesday, a number of judges and members of the Supreme Judicial Council organized a protest sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Court of Cassation in Tunis, rejecting what they viewed as attempts by President Kais Saied to interfere in judicial structures, and to put pressure and intimidation on judges in light of the exceptional procedures.

In a previous statement, the Association of Tunisian Judges confirmed its complete rejection of President Kais Saied's view of the judiciary as a "job in the state", stressing the independence of the judiciary.

After a meeting of its executive office last Sunday, the (non-governmental) association rejected, in its statement, "the dangerous statements made by the President of the Republic in his two meetings on December 6 with the President of the Supreme Judicial Council (Youssef Bouzacher) and the heads of sectoral councils in it. It included his description of the judiciary as a job within the state.

She also pointed to "Saeed's statements on December 9, during his meeting with a group of law professors, which included that the 2014 constitution is no longer valid and cannot be continued."

The association emphasized that the independence of the judiciary and its position as a state authority is an irreversible gain as one of the most important demands of the Tunisian revolution (2011).

Since last July 25, Tunisia has witnessed a political crisis, when Said began taking exceptional measures, including: freezing the powers of Parliament, lifting the immunity of its deputies, abolishing the constitutionality monitoring body, issuing legislation by presidential decrees, chairing the Public Prosecution, dismissing the Prime Minister, and assuming the executive authority with the assistance of A government appointed "Najla Boden" as its head.

Most of the political forces in Tunisia reject Said's exceptional measures, and consider them a coup against the constitution, while other forces support them and see them as a correction of the course of the 2011 revolution, in light of the political, economic and health crises (the Corona pandemic).