Tunisian constitutional campaign continues as voter interest ebbs
Tunisian President Kais Saied’s campaign is flagging amidst international criticism and voter apathy and opposition.
TUNIS - Tunisian President Kais Saied’s constitutional reform process is suffering from discontent and resignations. Today the chairman of the advisory committee for the new republic, Dean Sadok Belaid, will submit the first draft of the new constitution, but it seems a weak reform amidst splits and resignations.
Judge Habib Rebai resigned from the higher independent electoral authority (ISIE), which is in charge of running the members of the advisory committee for the new republic. The ISIE claims that it will enroll more than 9 million voters out of a population of 12 million, yet voter and opposition movements such as the National Salvation Front, and the Free Constitutional Party (PDL) been excluded from the national dialogue and are calling for a total boycott of the referendum.
