The Tunisian Ennahda movement considered, on Saturday, that the decree of President Kais Saied regarding the creation of the advisory body for the referendum is a "complete departure from constitutional legitimacy and perpetuating the coup."

On Friday, a presidential decree was published in the Official Gazette to form the National Consultative Commission for a New Republic, two advisory committees and another for national dialogue.

The movement said, in a statement, that this procedure is considered a complete departure from constitutional legitimacy and a perpetuation of the coup of July 25, 2021, and the approach to unilateral rule, pooling powers and severing with the gains of the republic and revolution and the people's economic and social priorities.

The movement denounced what it described as the insistence on imposing the base-gel construction project and the adoption of the failed national consultation, which was boycotted by at least 95% of the Tunisian people, and the illusion of conducting a dialogue that lacked all the ingredients for success as it is based on the exclusion of national parties and organizations, and the results and outputs are known.

The movement held those involved in this crime responsible for participating in this coup, stressing that the so-called referendum to be organized has lost legitimacy and credibility, especially with the replacement of a specific body and subject to its appointee with the Independent High Authority for Legitimate Elections.

Ennahda called on all national forces to continue the struggle and unify efforts to restore democracy, protect freedoms and human rights, respect the foundations of the republican system, and save the country from the dangers of economic, financial and social collapse and the international isolation it is experiencing due to the coup and its policies.


party rejection

Several political parties had previously denounced what they described as the uniqueness of President Qais Saied with the decision and its exclusion from the national dialogue, and called for confronting what they described as a farce.

The National Salvation Front, which includes a number of Tunisian parties, including the Ennahda party and the "Citizens Against the Coup" campaign, denounced what was stated in the decree of President Kais Saied, and denounced the enactment of an alternative constitution outside the legal and constitutional frameworks, without consultation with the country's social and political bodies.

On Saturday, the Coordination of Social Democratic Parties in Tunisia denounced the exclusion of political parties from the national dialogue.

labor union

The influential Tunisian General Labor Union responded on Friday after the decree was issued by saying that the dialogue proposed by President Kais Saied in this way is rejected.

In mid-January, Saeed announced the launch of a national consultation via an electronic platform, with the aim of enhancing citizens' participation in the democratic transition process, followed by a popular referendum next July to determine the political system and the electoral system scheduled for next December.

Since last July 25, Tunisia has been witnessing a severe political crisis, at which time Saied began imposing exceptional measures, including freezing the competencies of Parliament, issuing legislation by presidential decrees, dismissing the government and appointing new ones.

Most of the political and civil forces in Tunisia reject these measures, and consider them a coup against the constitution.