Tunisian President Kais Saied admitted what he called errors in form and arrangement that leaked from the draft constitution, and stressed that there is no room for a return to tyranny in the country, at a time when the rejection of this project has escalated.
In a televised speech broadcast yesterday evening, Friday, on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, Saeed said that some errors had leaked out of the published draft constitution and had to be fixed and corrected, adding that this is typical of publishing legal texts.
Said called on Tunisians to vote "yes" on the draft constitution to complete what he called correcting the course of the revolution and history and preserving freedoms, as he put it.
The Tunisian President stressed that these errors are familiar in constitutions, and that they have been corrected and corrected, and an amended version of the draft constitution will be published in the Official Gazette.
He stressed that there is no room for a return to tyranny in the country, neither by a constitutional text nor by another legislative ruling, stressing that "there is no retreat in the text of the constitution from basic options or major principles because they are at the heart of the revolution."
wide rejection
Prior to Said's speech, nearly 30 Tunisian associations and organizations announced their rejection of the draft constitution proposed by President Kais Saied.
The associations and organizations said, in a statement after a meeting on Thursday, that they will take all legitimate moves to achieve constitutional reforms that respect the dignity of Tunisians and respond to their aspirations for freedom, equality and social justice, in compliance with the slogans of the revolution.
The statement added that the new draft constitution was a unilateral approach by the President of the Republic, which confiscated the right of Tunisian women and men to debate about their fate and future, and imposed his own choices.
It also negates the civil nature of the state, undermines the principle of judicial independence and guarantees freedoms, and undermines the principle of balance between powers.
Among the signatories to the statement are the Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights, the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists, the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women, and the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights.
The new draft constitution will be put to a referendum on 25 July.
Saeed has ruled by decree since last summer, when he dissolved parliament, sacked the government, and vowed to reshape the political system, in steps his critics described as a coup.