Tunisian politicians call for resumption of parliament
Al Jazeera
Ennahdha asks parliament speaker to resume assembly’s work, while tens of MPs reject Saied’s move to rule by decree.
Tunisia’s Ennahdha party has asked the speaker of parliament to work towards resuming the assembly’s work, in what appears to be the first challenge to President Kais Saied’s decision to suspend parliament two months ago.
The party’s call on Wednesday comes after Saied suspended the assembly and sacked the government on July 25 as part of exceptional measures that his opponents described as a coup. Last week, Saied announced the abolition of most parts of the constitution and said he would rule by presidential decree.
Separately, at least 73 out of 217 MPs from various parliamentary blocs signed on Wednesday a statement rejecting Saied’s decision that he would rule by decree instead of via parliament, and called for the resumption of parliamentary sessions in early October.
