The opposition Soumoud coalition called for a popular referendum on the current political system in Tunisia, with the hope of restoring power to the people.
The current system, said general coordinator of Soumoud, Houssem Hammi “has become incapable of saving the country from the greed of the ruling authority.”
He asserted to Asharq Al-Awsat that the coalition called for the referendum after the failure of all initiatives for political dialogue between the president, prime minister and parliament speaker, the ministerial reshuffle crisis and the disruption of the Constitutional Court for nearly six years, in addition to the recurring political crises.
Hammi urged Tunisians, who reject the collapse of the state and the failure of the democratic transition, to engage in saving the country, through active participation in mobilization and peaceful popular pressure to impose a regime change through the referendum.
The coalition said that the existing political system has failed on all political, health, social and economic levels.
He accused the regime of failing to resolve crises and ensuring a minimum level of stability,” stressing, that the system “has become a real obstacle to the normal functioning of state agencies, and thus is contributing more to the deterioration of the difficult economic and social conditions that Tunisia is experiencing.”
