Tunisian Secretary General of the People’s Republican Union Party (UPR) Lotfi Mraihi has held President Kais Saied responsible for part of the tension prevailing in Tunisia’s political life and accused him of aggravating the situation.
In a press conference on Monday, Mraihi slammed Saied’s diplomatic stances, his appointments and dismissals.
He pointed out that the president is supposed to play his constitutional role as a symbol of national unity and be unbiased, adding that Saied, instead, has become a party in this process.
Mosaique FM quoted him as affirming that the president’s role has become marginalized in the Carthage Palace (the presidential palace).
Saied’s appointment of a figure outside the parliamentary authority to become part of the executive authority has allowed Tunisian parties to manipulate him in what serves their personal interests, Mraihi noted.
Meanwhile, participants in Heart of Tunisia party’s parliamentary events, which concluded on Sunday, highlighted the importance of establishing a comprehensive national reconciliation, taking measures to restore confidence between citizens and the state and ensuring freedoms, in support of the democratic process.
According to an official statement by the party, they stressed the need to encourage free initiatives to bolster investments, create wealth and restore financial balances, as well as enhance the readiness of security forces and the military and intensify efforts to counter extremism and terrorism and uproot their sources.
Remarkably, spokesman for Nabil Karoui’s Liberal Heart of Tunisia party Sadiq Jabnoun said in statements last week that his party (26 MPs), Ennahda Movement (54 MPs), Al-Karama Coalition (19 MPs) and the Future bloc (9 MPs) formed a single parliamentary front to serve political stability and ensure a smooth democratic transition.
He said the front formed is aimed at supporting Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi’s government in receiving the vote of confidence sought to end the political crisis and achieve a certain level of political stability after years of turmoil.
