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TUNIS — The President of Tunisia said on Tuesday that his proposed constitution would not restore authoritarian rule, countering criticism from the entire political spectrum and supporting it in this month's Reference. I urged people.
Sayed, who banished the elected parliament last summer and ruled by decree when the enemy called it a coup d'etat, drastically expanded his power while weakening the checks on his actions. announced.
Presidential supporters say he is confronting the elite army. The elite army riots and corruption have accused Tunisia of decades of political paralysis and economic stagnation.
In a letter published online, he stated that there was no danger to the rights and freedoms of the Tunisians.
"Everyone knows that Tunisia has suffered for decades, especially the last decade. They emptied the state vault. The poor became poorer and The fallen people have become richer, "he accused critics of his composition of" far away, vulnerable. "
Most political parties and civil society groups are against his constitution, as Tunisians take less than four weeks to decide and there is no minimum participation rate to pass. It is unilaterally created and states that it lacks legitimacy. ..
Major journalist unions have joined the opposition to the Constitution and issued a statement on Tuesday. "We warn about the danger. It does not correspond to the principle of freedom of press and expression."
Freedom of speech and press is the late Zine El It was an important benefit to the post-revolutionary Tunisians of 2011 who defeated President Abidine Ben Ali.
Even the head of the Sayed Commission was convened and rewritten to prepare the first draft of his constitution. This weekend, the president's edition said, "It's dangerous and paves the way for a disgraceful dictatorship."
Chairman Sadok Bereid said the version presented by Sayed was not similar to the draft prepared by the Commission. (Report by Tarek Amara, edited by Andrew Heavens, Angus McDowall, William Maclean)
