Composed of five political parties, including Ennahda, and five associations, this coalition wants to launch a dialogue on the reforms intended to “save the country”.
Le Monde with AFP
A former opponent under the dictatorship of Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali announced, Tuesday, April 26, the creation of a front bringing together several parties to “save” Tunisia from his deep crisis after the coup of President Kaïs Saïed. Political figure on the left, Ahmed Néjib Chebbi, 78, opposes what he describes as a “coup d’etat” by President Saïed, who has monopolized powers since July 25.
During a press conference in Tunis, this veteran of the political scene announced the creation of the “National Salvation Front”, with the objective of uniting all political forces, in order to restore the democratic process and constitutional guaranteeing freedoms and rights in the country. “We want the return to legitimacy and democracy,” he said. The priority of this front is to save an “in -profound recession” economy due to a rotten political situation “which repels investors, added Mr. Chebbi.
Composed of five political parties, including the Islamist Inspiration Movement Ennahda, bane of Mr. Saïed, and five associations, this coalition aims to attract other political parties and “influential” personalities before Launching a national dialogue on reforms intended to “save the country”, according to Mr. Chebbi. He advocated the establishment of a “government of salvation” to direct Tunisia during a “transition period” until the holding of new elections.
full powers
After months of political blockage, Mr. Saïed, elected at the end of 2019, arranged full powers, at the end of July, by dismissing the Prime Minister and suspending Parliament, before dissolving him in March. In February, the Tunisian president had dissolved the Superior Council of the Magistracy (CSM) to replace it with a “temporary” judicial supervision body whose members he appointed. On April 22, he got the right to appoint the head of the electoral authority a few months before a referendum and a legislative ballot that this body must supervise.
His detractors accuse him of establishing a new autocracy in the country, the only survivor of “Arab Spring”, of which he was the cradle in 2011. In addition economical and is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to obtain a new loan.