Details of the change in the Tunisian constitution

According to Fars News Agency’s International Group, Al-Sadiq Balaid, co-ordinator of the National Consultative Committee for the new constitution in Tunisia, who recently announced the removal of Islam as the official religion of Tunisia from the draft of the new constitution, said the president in law The new one will have more options.

According to a report today (Tuesday) by the newspaper «العرب“Tunisia’s president will elect a prime minister in the new constitution, and” the government will become a governmental institution to present initiatives and its function will not be executive, “Tunisian national network quoted Al-Sadegh Balaid as saying, quoting the Tunisian national network.

Although the 2014 constitution gave the president the power to elect a prime minister; But this was done at the suggestion of the majority party in parliament, and the prime minister elected his cabinet members.

But al-Sadiq al-Balaid said the government would be in charge of handling the country’s economic affairs and stimulating the economy, and that parliament would have the sole task of legislating.

Al-Sadeq Balaid is a Tunisian university professor specializing in constitutional affairs who was appointed by the country’s president on May 20th to oversee a committee to prepare a draft amendment to the constitution.

The coordinator of the National Consultative Committee for the drafting of a new constitution in Tunisia had previously announced that the new draft constitution would be presented to Tunisian President Qais Saeed without mentioning Islam as the official religion of the country.

The first chapter of the Tunisian constitution, drafted in 2014, emphasizes that Tunisia is “a free, independent and sovereign state, and that Islam is the religion of this country, its Arabic language, and its system is based on a republic.”

“Eighty percent of Tunisians are anti-extremist and against the use of religion for political purposes, and that is exactly what we are going to do,” Balid said in a recent interview with AFP. “We will simply modify the current format of the first season.”

Asked if this meant that Islam would not be mentioned in Tunisia’s new constitution, he said: “It will not work.”

On July 25, the President of Tunisia suspended the activities of the country’s forces. He also suspended the Tunisian parliament and dissolved it by the time legislative elections take place later this year.

Some Tunisian parties have called the move a “coup against the constitution”, while others say it is a “step in the right direction” in 2011. However, the Tunisian president believes that his actions are “measures within the framework of the constitution and to protect the country from imminent danger.”

The actions of the Tunisian president have been criticized by the country’s judges over the past few months, and they have repeatedly criticized the president for interfering and putting constant pressure on judges.

Last July, Saeed ousted the prime minister and members of the government in a move dubbed a “coup” by his opponents, and suspended parliament. In this regard, a number of parties and organizations, including the trade union, had called for a demonstration in the country to ask the judiciary to prosecute those involved in the assassination of Tunisian politician Shukri Balaid.

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