- Tunisia had been a recipient of multiple millions of US military aid in the past.
- The US Senate Appropriations Committee, in a bill has stated that granting credit to Tunisia would be subject to several conditions.
Tunisia had been a recipient of multiple millions of US military aid in the past. The US Senate Appropriations Committee, in a bill, has stated that granting credit to Tunisia would be subject to several conditions. It has recommended tying military aid to Tunisia to the return of democratic values after President Kais Saied abolished the parliament and seized the executive power since July 25 using article 80 of the constitution. Saied has indefinitely extended the unprecedented measures as he prepares a set of constitutional amendments.
The United States Secretary of State has been advised to present a report (within 45 days) to the appropriation committees of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The report will examine the role of the Tunisian Army in the decline of democracy in Tunisia if the army has been used by the Tunisian authorities to reinforce its autocratic actions; and the measures taken by Tunisian authorities to restore constitutional order and democratic governance, particularly with regard to freedom of expression, association, the press and the rights of members of political parties. Release of the aid under the Foreign Military Financing Program , which is part of the US Â international security assistance and bilateral economic assistance, will depend on the inputs to these issues.
