The summons for Friday afternoon followed those of other parliament members who backed or participated in an online session this week to defy Saied’s earlier announcement that he was suspending the chamber.Saied has previously said he will form a committee to rewrite the constitution, put it to a referendum in July and then hold parliamentary elections in December.
Tunisia’s Free Constitutional Party will boycott any referendum on political changes and pledge to oppose it, said party leader Abir Moussa on Friday.Tunisia’s powerful UGTT trade union body urged Saied to form a new government. In the video below, the SABC’s Peter Ndoro spoke to the Editor-in-Chief of the UK-based Interest Magazine and commentator on North African, Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan politics, Sami Hamdi, in London about the call:
I'ᴍ sᴏ ᴄᴏᴍғᴏʀᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ᴡɪᴛʜᴅʀᴀᴡᴀʟs ғʀᴏᴍ MarkdonaldTowns ᴘʟᴀᴛғᴏʀᴍ, ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜɪs ᴏᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴜɴɪᴛʏ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀs ᴀɴᴅ sɪsᴛᴇʀs ʜᴇʀᴇ's ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇʀғᴇᴄᴛ ᴏᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴜɴɪᴛʏ ғᴏʀ ᴜs ᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴀʀɴ. ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ her ᴘᴀɢᴇ