Tunisian President Kais Said has issued a decree calling on voters to hold a referendum on a new constitution on 25 July. The Tunisian president also appointed law professor Sadiq Belaid to chair an advisory committee tasked with drafting a new constitution “for a new republic”. the legal advisory committee is composed, according to the text of the ruling, of “the deans of the faculties of law, legal and political sciences in the Republic of Tunisia, headed by the eldest of them and appointed by presidential decree”, in a decision that caused widespread controversy in university circles, amid calls to refuse participation of universities in political projects, and in the form of a referendum there will be one question, according to official sources, do you agree with the new constitution?
The country’s main political parties say they will boycott dialogue on drafting a new constitution and call the president’s work one-sided. The deans and deans of the Tunisian faculties of law and legal sciences apologized for their participation in the committee. express their commitment to the neutrality of university institutions and the need to distance them from political affairs”, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 15 of the Constitution of January 27, 2014, as well as established and agreed academic values and freedoms, so that “they should not be tempted to take positions on political programs unrelated to their academic, scientific, research and oversight responsibilities.
The union, which has a strong influence in the country, also announced its refusal to participate in the national dialogue in the form that Said called for, and said: “It does not meet the aspirations of the national authorities and will not solve the country’s problems.” crisis Tunisians 25 July.
The President of Tunisia previously said: Participation in the National Committee for the Establishment of a New Republic is open to all who supported the path of rectification on July 25, 2021, and the statement released by the President of Tunisia says: President Kais Said discussed – during a meeting at the Carthage Palace with Brigadier General Sadiq Belaid expert Constitutional law – a set of legal and constitutional issues, as well as the issue of forming a commission to create a new republic.
The statement added: The Supreme Committee will be divided into two subcommittees, one of which will deal with constitutional and political reforms, and the second will propose a series of economic, social and other reforms. The work of this committee will be advisory in nature. , and will present their proposals based on the results of the electronic consultation.
