Tunisian President Kais Saied said that there is no country in the world that accepts that parties work to assassinate its president and that they are not held accountable, while the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, called for not arresting anyone because of his political opinion.
Saeed refused - during his meeting with Minister of Social Affairs Malik Al-Zahi - inviting foreigners to demonstrate and participate in protests in Tunisia, and said that this was "absolutely unacceptable."
And he added - on the eve of new protests by his union sectors - that "the Labor Union is free to organize a demonstration tomorrow, but it is not free to invite foreigners to participate in it," in his comment on the invitation of 14 foreign trade union leaders to participate in the protests.
Preserving democracy
Meanwhile, the Secretary-General of the United Nations said that work must be done to preserve democracy in Tunisia, from which the Arab Spring was launched.
Guterres added in an interview with Al-Jazeera that no one should be arrested in Tunisia for his political opinion.
The Tunisian Labor Union had accused the government of closing the doors to negotiations, while the opposition Salvation Front announced that it would organize its demonstrations on Sunday, despite the authorities' refusal.
A spokesman for the Tunisian Labor Union, Sami Al-Tahri, said that the government has closed the doors of negotiations and dialogue and is deliberately working to overwhelm public institutions.
Al-Tahri stressed that the government is continuing to implement the instructions of the International Monetary Fund, and that the middle class has been destroyed and the standard of living has declined, according to him.
foreign trade unionists
The Labor Union criticized the Tunisian authorities for preventing 14 foreign trade union leaders from entering the country, considering the measure an insult to Tunisia's image.
For its part, the National Salvation Front condemned the authority's decision to prevent a Spanish trade unionist from entering Tunisia to prevent his participation in a march by the Tunisian General Labor Union, considering that the decision constitutes "a violation of all international traditions and norms in dealing with international trade union organizations."
The Front also stressed that it would not respond to the decision to ban protests, and said that it is an arbitrary and invalid decision and is based on reasons that are not related to the law.
Since July 25, 2021, Tunisia has been experiencing an acute political crisis after President Saied took exceptional measures, most notably the dissolution of the Judicial Council and Parliament, the issuance of legislation by presidential orders, the holding of early legislative elections, and the adoption of a new constitution.