{"id":7137,"date":"2024-04-01T16:10:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7137"},"modified":"2024-04-01T16:12:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:12:46","slug":"tunisia-should-the-constitution-be-revised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7137","title":{"rendered":"Tunisia: Should the constitution be revised?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author: <\/b>Thierry Br\u00e9sillon<\/span><\/p>

Affiliation: <\/b>Independent Journalist\u00a0(Based in Tunis)<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher: <\/b>The Middle East Eye<\/span><\/p>

Date\/Place: <\/b>August 10, 2021\/UK<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature: <\/b>Opinion\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Word Count:<\/b>1800<\/span><\/p>

Link:<\/b>https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/tunisia-should-constitution-be-revised<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Keywords:<\/i><\/b> Tunisia, Kais Saied, Coup, and constitution<\/span><\/i><\/p>

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The author explains how Tunisia’s\u00a0President Kais Saied\u00a0suspended the institutional order. The author argues that Kais\u2019s decision to suspend the constitution has destroyed Tunisians\u2019 hopes in the Arab Spring and democracy and has threatened the state\u2019s stability. The author identifies the main complaints against the constitution as mainly its central focus and concentration of power. He asks \u201chow could the constitution\u2019s structural flaw be addressed?\u201d\u2014one of the solutions suggested by Ennahda is to increase the power of the parliamentarian system, change the ballot mode to influence political formations, and permit more stable majorities. However, the author\u2014based in Tunis\u2014criticizes the political parties for focusing on their own interests. He argues that the 2014 constitution failed to maintain the promises of democracy and freedom. Hence, the problem lies not only in the political parties focusing only on their own interests but also in the concentration of power. The author reports that the \u201cfracture between society and institutions\u201d\u00a0 has never been so deep like this time, and that Saied\u2019s decision was simply to insert himself into this gap. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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By: Fadi Zatari, CIGA Senior Research Associate<\/b><\/p>

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Author: Thierry Br\u00e9sillon Affiliation: Independent Journalist\u00a0(Based in Tunis) Organization\/Publisher: The Middle East Eye Date\/Place: August 10, 2021\/UK Type of Literature: Opinion\u00a0\u00a0 Word Count:1800 Link:https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/tunisia-should-constitution-be-revised Keywords: Tunisia, Kais Saied, Coup, and constitution \u00a0 Brief: \u00a0 The author explains how Tunisia’s\u00a0President Kais Saied\u00a0suspended the institutional order. 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