A spokesman for the House of Representatives said the only way to address the problem was to “immediately remove the special measures” announced by the President.
Tunisian Speaker Rached Ghannouchi has refused to suspend parliament for another year, just three days after President Kais Saied announced the extras suspended until Tunisian people vote for a replacement assembly in December 2022.
Ghannouci, who is also the head of the Ennahdha party, also said he had “refused to suspend parliament for another year”, saying he “considered the process illegal and illegal”.
The move “is a long time [Saied’s] “one-man rule is to exacerbate the country’s political and economic problems, economic and social ills and to separate Tunisia from the rest of the world,” he said in a statement on his Facebook page.
He further added that the only way to address the problem was to “immediately remove the special measures” announced by the President.
On December 13, President Said he said has called for a referendum next July and parliamentary elections will follow in December.
In September this year, Saied rejected many aspects of the 2014 democratic constitution stating that he could rule with law during special sessions and promised talks on other reforms.
Critics have criticized his capture as a riot but Saied has been defending the movement as the only way to address government threats after years of political turmoil and economic turmoil, which is compounded by the coronavirus epidemic.
He name Najla Bouden Romdhane, a well-known university engineer who works with the World Bank, as the country’s first female prime minister, about two months after ousting Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi.
Saied, who has been a vocal critic of North African law in 2014, said talks across the country would take place from January 1 to March 20 to get ideas for changing the law and beyond.
He said he had appointed a committee of experts to draft a new constitution, which would be ready by June before the referendum.
Saied’s intervention was much appreciated by the Tunisian people, who criticized the political party for not doing much to start a career and improve their lot in life.
Ghannouchi has accused Saied of launching an “anti-terrorism and anti-terrorism campaign” after the July relocation, in which protesters say it was a major blow to the 2011 democratic victory.
