The "Citizens Against the Coup" movement in Tunisia called for a national dialogue to agree on a consensus roadmap to overthrow what it describes as a coup, following the legislative elections that took place with the participation of only about 11% of the voters.

The movement said - in a statement it issued entitled "The Road to Resuming Democracy" - that it calls for "adherence to the field resistance struggle as a way to overthrow the coup and to hold it accountable politically and legally."

And she believed that "adhering to these two struggle tasks will make the supporters of democracy an important party in the comprehensive national solution, and an effective point in the upcoming arrangements to save the state and the economy and close the coup arc."

The movement stated that it does not see "in the current leadership of the Workers' Organization (the Tunisian General Labor Union) a framework for dialogue, as it was a party to the conflict," according to the statement.

The Secretary-General of the Tunisian Labor Union, Noureddine Taboubi, called - in statements he made last Thursday - to stop the current electoral process and initiate measures to get the country out of its crises.

However, the "Citizens Against the Coup" movement called - in its statement - the National Salvation Front, "as it represents the largest political and civil anti-coup grouping, to adhere to the need to provide a consensual framework for organizing the national dialogue on the road map and the urgent requirements for the next stage."

The National Salvation Front - which was formed on May 31 - includes 5 parties, which are Ennahda, the Heart of Tunisia, the Dignity Coalition, the Tunisian Movement of Irada and Amal, in addition to the "Citizens Against the Coup" movement and a number of parliamentarians.

A protest stand in Palestine Square in front of the Bizerte municipality headquarters 🇹🇳 # Down with the coup # National Salvation Front pic.twitter.com/U1oQ4XGpBc

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A stop in Bizerte

Today, Sunday, the Front organized a protest in the state of Bizerte (in the north of the country), as part of a series of movements in a number of Tunisian cities.

The participants in the vigil raised slogans refusing to recognize the legitimacy of the recent elections, denouncing the social conditions and high prices, and calling for the release of Ali Al-Arayedh, Vice President of the Ennahda Movement.

The leader of the front, Abdul Latif al-Makki, said that the opposition's moves have proven their effectiveness through people's response to calls to boycott the legislative elections, stressing that it is time to think about proposals and alternatives to change the current situation.

For his part, the head of the National Salvation Front, Ahmed Najib al-Shabi, said - in a speech during the vigil - that tens of thousands will go out in order to restore Tunisia to its natural position in the region and the world, as he put it.

Chebbi criticized the recent legislative elections, describing them as a farce, and said that their results were the most eloquent response from the Tunisian people.

The legislative elections are the latest episode in a series of exceptional measures that Tunisian President Kais Saied began imposing on July 25, 2021.

It was preceded by the dissolution of Parliament and the Supreme Judicial Council, the issuance of legislation by presidential decrees, and the adoption of a new constitution through a referendum held on July 25, 2022.