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Sadeq Belaid, appointed by President Kais Saied for rewriting Tunisia’s constitution said he would present a draft without any reference to Islam. The first article of the constitution adopted three years after the North African country’s 2011 revolution says Tunisia is “a free, independent and sovereign state, Islam is its religion and Arabic is its language
Sadeq Belaid, appointed by President Kais Saied for rewriting Tunisia’s constitution said he would present a draft without any reference to Islam. The first article of the constitution adopted three years after the North African country’s 2011 revolution says Tunisia is “a free, independent and sovereign state, Islam is its religion and Arabic is its language.
But Sadeq Belaid, the legal expert appointed last month to head a committee to draft a new constitution, told a wire agency that 80 percent of Tunisians are against extremism. He said that the revised draft he would present to the president would not have the first article, respecting the views and aspirations of the people of Tunisia.
The new constitution is an important document for rebuilding Tunisia’s political system. After coming into power, President Kais Saied sacked the government last July and later dissolved parliament in moves described by rivals as a coup.
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Belaid, aged 83, who is a former teacher of the president, said he would present the new draft by June 15. The president is then to sign off on the text ahead of a popular vote. Many Tunisians have welcomed Saied’s moves against political parties. The mixed presidential-parliamentary system has been seen as corrupt and inept. However, there are people who condemn the autocratic style of functioning of the president and feel that this would be risking whatever democratic gains the country achieved since the Arab Spring.
