Tunisian President: The decision to dissolve the Supreme Judicial Council is irreversible

Tunisian President Kais Saied said, on Thursday, that he will not back down from the decision to dissolve the Supreme Judicial Council, despite the increasing internal and external pressures issued by judges and officials at the United Nations and in several countries.

Saeed added that dissolving the Supreme Judicial Council and replacing it with a temporary council is an "irreversible decision," noting that "we are keen to respect the law and abide by the texts related to human rights."

Said added, "There are those who pay money to companies abroad to launch campaigns against Tunisia and abuse it."

The Tunisian president said that "the penal reconciliation decree concerns those involved in looting Tunisians' money before and after the revolution as well," stressing that "there is no place for those who show signs of enrichment from their position, and there is no room for squandering Tunisians' money."

Saeed, who has monopolized the authorities in the country for about seven months, announced on Sunday the dissolution of the Supreme Judicial Council, months after his dismissal of the government.

Saied, a former law professor, has often denounced the Judicial Council and accused its members of obstructing the investigation into the 2013 assassination of leftist activist Chokri Belaid and former MP Mohamed Brahmi.

His arch-rival also accused the Ennahda movement, which dominated politics in Tunisia in the decade between the uprising and Saied's assumption of power, of infiltrating this judicial body.

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