A high committee will be formed to prepare for the establishment of a new Tunisian constitution, President Kais Saied announced over the weekend.
“The committee will be made up of two bodies, one will be in charge of national dialogue convening political and socio-economic actors, while another will complete the process with all legal, logistical and institutional organizational aspects”, Saied said on state television Wataniya1.
“Our historical responsibility prompted us to confront multiple challenges and to find solutions, especially in the face of some parties continuing to exacerbate the situation in the country,” Saied added.
Over the years, President Saied systematically dismantled the constitution, the parliament, the high judicial council and even the anti-corruption commission.
The latest democratic safeguard to fall since his power grab last July, was seizing control of the North African country’s independent electoral commission last week.
Opponents have tagged Saied’s move ‘a coup.’
