French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called on Wednesday July 28 for the “
rapid appointment
” of a prime minister in Tunisia after the coup by President Kaïs Saïed, who granted himself executive power.
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The head of French diplomacy underlined, during a telephone interview with his counterpart Othman Jerandi, "
the importance of the rapid appointment of a prime minister and of the formation of a government capable of meeting expectations. Tunisians,
”said the spokesperson for the Quai d'Orsay. Jean-Yves Le Drian also "
insisted on the need to preserve calm and the rule of law, and to allow a rapid return to the normal functioning of the Tunisian democratic institutions
", she added.
France had already requested Monday "
the return, as soon as possible, to normal functioning of institutions, which must be able to focus on responding to the health, economic and social crisis
".
President Saïed argued the "
imminent perils
" facing Tunisia, plunged for months into a deep political crisis, to justify its seizure of power.
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On Sunday evening, he ordered the suspension of the work of Parliament for a month, sacked the head of government Hichem Mechichi and granted himself executive power, in a context of economic and social crisis accentuated by a deadly peak of the epidemic of Covid.
