Six days after President Kaïs Saïed’s decision to fire the head of government and suspend parliament’s work, the country’s leading political party, Ennahdha, is calling for a national dialogue but is also trying to exert pressure through a media campaign for the president to reconsider. his decision.
as reported from Tunis, Lilia blaise
At the Islamic Conservative Party’s headquarters, Ennahdha, calm reigns this Thursday, July 29, despite the upheavals of recent days. Ali Larrayedh was deputy chairman of the party and former prime minister in 2013, during an acute political crisis that had forced him to resign from the government. He looks back on the failures of Ennahdha, which today crystallizes popular discontent …
“I acknowledge that we have given much more priority to politics, I mean democracy and freedom,” he admits, “and we have not done much work on economic and social issues. it was a lot of struggle, a lot of problems. “
“Return to the poll” The official line is dialogue, but the tone is rising right now in the face of a lack of response. “We are always updating our strategy and we are not alone,” continues Ali Larrayedh. The more days that pass, the more people will say yes to the constitution, yes to democracy, yes to freedom, no to the accumulation of all powers. “
Among the party’s young people, Maha Somrani, 27, defends rather early elections: “We arrived in parliament with our majority, via the ballot box, so for us it would be natural to return to the polls, which would allow everyone to vote. democracy ”
In an Italian media, Rached Ghannouchi, the party’s leader, warned of chaos and 500,000 Tunisian migrants landing on the Italian coast, in his words, if the president does not reverse his decision. A calm strategy that begins to crumble.
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