The head of the political body of the "Amal" party in Tunisia, Ahmed Najib Chebbi, said that the decisions of last July 25 did not provide solutions to the crises in Tunisia, but rather made them more complicated, announcing the launch of a path to establish a national salvation front.

Chebbi indicated during a press conference held today, Tuesday, that the cause of the crises is due to presidential decrees that threaten investors, and added that the result was an external blockade that intensified the economic and social crisis in particular.

Chebbi explained that reform must be done in order to save Tunisia through a program that includes chapters and articles to get out of the country's political, economic and social crises.

Chebbi also announced that the opposition "National Salvation Front", which he called for its formation previously, is currently in the process of being established, and so far it includes 10 different party and political components.

The prominent Tunisian politician added that the main objective of this front will be to call for a national dialogue conference on basic reforms in the economic, political, constitutional and legal fields, and to support a transitional government based on that.

He stressed the need to form a legitimate government for the rescue that would take charge of managing a transitional phase, based on the outcomes of a national dialogue launched on economic, political, constitutional and legal reforms.

Chebbi called for preparations for early presidential and legislative elections to be supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Chebbi: Reform must be done to save Tunisia (French)

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On February 18, during a gathering of political and parliamentary figures organized by the "Citizens Against the Coup" (popular) campaign, Chebbi called for the formation of a front in the name of national salvation.

Five parties joined the front: the Ennahda Movement, Qalb Tounes, the Dignity Coalition, the Tunisian Movement of Will and the Hope Party, in addition to the "Citizens Against the Coup" campaign, the Gathering for Tunisia initiative, and a number of parliamentarians.

Since July 25, 2021, Tunisia has witnessed a severe political crisis when its president, Kais Saied, began exceptional measures, including: dissolving parliament and the Judicial Council, issuing legislation by presidential decrees, and holding parliamentary elections on December 17, 2022.

Several Tunisian forces consider President Said's exceptional measures a coup against the constitution, while other forces view them as a correction to the course of the 2011 revolution that toppled then president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

As for Said, who started in 2019 a 5-year presidential term, he said that his measures are measures within the framework of the constitution to protect the Tunisian state from an imminent danger.