TUNIS, Aug 8 — Halfway into Tunisia’s 30-day “state of exception” announced by President Kais Saied last month, he has yet to lay out a road map or appoint a government. Despite naming several ministers to replace those in the sacked administration of Hichem Mechichi, Saied is facing calls...
TUNIS, Aug 8 — Halfway into Tunisia’s 30-day “state of exception” announced by President Kais Saied last month, he has yet to lay out a road map or appoint a government.
“There needs to be a road map, for the current situation and of what comes next, to show how we’re going to return to the constitution,” said Aymen Bensallah, an analyst at parliamentary monitor Bawsala. Many Tunisians have backed Saied’s move to strip parliamentarians of their immunity, seen as a long-overdue move against a corrupt and inept political class.
Civil society groups have also warned of a power vacuum and called on Saied to name a prime minister and publicly lay out his plan. The party is accused of blocking investigations into the murders of left-wing figures Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi in 2013.
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