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Hundreds of Tunisians are still on the streets to demonstrate against the draft text of the constitution put forward by their leader Kais Saied. Officials of the Islamic-inspired Ennahda party were leading protesters in Tunis accusing president Kais Saied of a power grab since last year. The protesters alleged that the referendum was to give allegiance to one person-the president
Hundreds of Tunisians are still on the streets to demonstrate against the draft text of the constitution put forward by their leader Kais Saied. Officials of the Islamic-inspired Ennahda party were leading protesters in Tunis accusing president Kais Saied of a power grab since last year. The protesters alleged that the referendum was to give allegiance to one person-the president.
The new Constitution aims to lessen the powers of the Parliament. The Constitution was amended in 2014 to ensure more powers to parliament. Saied sacked the government and suspended parliament. This is construed as a blow to the country’s young democracy. The text of the new constitution would allow the president to head the armed forces and appoint judges, who would be banned from striking.
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The constitution also did not mention the word Islamic, which the opposition feels was more to please the western forces. The powerful trade union of the country -the Tunisian General Labou, which has a membership of more than one million and was founded on January 20, 1946, had already come against the text of the new constitution. The opposition has called for a boycott of Monday’s referendum.
