TUNISIA: DEMOCRACY OR DICTATORSHIP?

Tunisians have voted massively in favor of the new Constitution proposed by President Kais Saied, which grants extraordinary powers to the latter, while the opposition formations, in particular the Islamists of Ennahda, accuse him of having imposed "a dictatorship on the Ben Ali” in memory of the deceased president, whose fall opened the doors to the so-called “jasmine revolution”, also considered the “Arab spring”.

The United States has shown its "concern" over the turn of events in Tunisia, which seem to place the president as the holder of extraordinary powers that could compromise the march of democracy in this North African country. On the 25th of last year, Saied dissolved the Parliament, while the economy was collapsing dangerously.

He handpicked several ministers to replace the cabinet. The government, now staffed by loyalists, is effectively subordinate to Saied, who through decree and in the new constitution stated that the “head of government and cabinet is to assist the President of the Republic in carrying out executive functions.”