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- Tunisian president, Kais Saied has announced the establishment of a “national dialogue”, which was promised some time ago at the instance of  G-7 and EU countries to come out of the political imbroglio the country has immersed in.
Tunisian president, Kais Saied has announced the establishment of a “national dialogue”, which was promised some time ago at the instance of  G-7 and EU countries to come out of the political imbroglio the country has immersed in. It was expected to be put in place for quite some time, but no formal announcement was made towards that end . To add a twist to the continuing dilemma faced by the country, the president has put a rider to the dialogue process. He debarred from the dialogue all political parties that he considered responsible for the political and economic crisis imploding  the country.
Mr. Saied disclosed that a commission would manage the national dialogue. The dialogue is a measure repeatedly called for by the G7 countries and the European Union since he assumed full powers on July 25, 2021. Four organizations will participate in the dialogue viz: the trade union UGTT, the employers’ organization UTICA, the Tunisian League of Human Rights (LTDH) and the National Bar Association.
These entities had received in 2015 the Nobel Peace Prize for its contribution to the democratic transition in Tunisia. Since the summer of 2021, President Saied, who was democratically elected at the end of 2019, has seized all powers and is ruling the country by decree. At the end of March, he dissolved the parliament. The parliament   had been dominated for 10 years by coalitions led by the Islamist-inspired party Ennahdha, the group opposed to him. Significantly, in recent weeks, he has also changed the composition of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, and electoral authority. https://trendsnafrica.com/a-sleepy-town-in-tunisia-makes-carpet-from-wastes-and-earn-a-living-2/
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Recently,  the head of the powerful UGTT, Noureddine Taboubi, made an i\ appeal to Mr. Saied to launch the national dialogue as the  last chance to bring together the national forces” and avoid “a dismantling of the state and a financial and economic collapse” of the country, Taboubi argued.
The president ruled out any participation in this dialogue of “those who have sabotaged, starved and abused the people”, which would keep political parties opposed to him away from the national debate. Mr. Saied has scheduled a referendum on constitutional amendments for July 25, before a legislative session on December 17. He also revealed that the committee of experts charged with preparing a constitution for “a new Republic” would soon complete its work.
