Tunisia: demonstration against the policies of President Saïed and the draft Constitution

Hundreds of people demonstrated in Tunis on Sunday against the draft new Constitution which must be submitted to a referendum in July and the dismissal of 57 judges by President Kais Saied, according to an AFP journalist.

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"

" and "

", chanted the demonstrators who took to the streets at the call of the "

", a coalition of a dozen organizations of opponents, including the Islamist-inspired party Ennahdha, Kaïs Saïed's pet peeve.

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A “

” was organized by the president two weeks ago to draft a new constitution, ahead of legislative elections scheduled for December.

The dialogue was boycotted by the opposition, including the powerful UGTT trade union organization, which believes that key civil society actors and political parties are excluded.

A draft of the new Constitution must be delivered Monday to Mr. Saied before being submitted in a month to the population in the form of a simple yes / no vote.

"

," Ali Larayedh, a leader of the Islamo-conservative Ennahdha party, who was the main force in the parliament dissolved by President Saied when he voted down, told AFP. arrogated full powers in a coup on July 25, 2021.

"

", adopted with great fanfare in 2014, three years after the fall of the dictatorship of Zine El Abidine ben Ali, he added. .

On June 1, President Saïed dismissed by decree 57 judges on various grounds including "

", "

" and obstruction of investigations, after strengthening his supervision of the judicial system.

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This decision, denounced by several NGOs, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, as a "

", led to a strike by Tunisian magistrates, which will enter its third week on Monday, to protest against the dismissal of their colleagues.