The political climate ? “Deleterious, uncertain, a lot of instabilities, defines with the political analyst Selim Kharrat. In a few days, different sides of the political divide have called for the impeachment of the president of the Assembly of the representatives of the people during the movement of the latter demanded the departure of the president of the government. Government in which it participates. The four parties that have formed a coalition in February to lead the country tear openly. If this kind of bisbilles is not new to Tunis (the party of Youssef Chahed, previous head of the government, had called for his dismissal in 2018), the intensity of the animosities reached a record level. The situation arising as a result of the ballot of the fall explains this series suffers : a meeting balkanized, four months and two attempts to lead to a government…
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Ennahda wants to “turn the page Fakhfakh”
It took three meetings of the shura council of Ennahda, the body of decisions of the islamist party, to decide a position trench : by 54 votes to 38, it withdrew its confidence in the new president of the government. “It is in the after-Fakhfakh “, summed up one participant. To Selim Kharrat, who is also president of the NGO Al-Bawsala, ” Ennahda, in launching this process, wishes to reach a maximum of political actors, but the outcome remains uncertain.” As soon as the news went public, Fakhfakh announced that it would proceed with a reshuffle. The ministers Ennahda will lose their maroquins ? The minister of Health, Abdellatif Mekki, who has a good track record for its management of the crisis of the Covid-19. Will he leave while the health crisis is under control but still latent ?
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A case Fakhfakh ?
” We didn’t like it, but it does not prohibit compliance “, says Ridha Driss, a member of the shura of al-nahda, explaining that ” the president of the government has never relied on (his) party “. When it was necessary to form the ministerial team, ” Fakfhfakh we asked how many departments we wanted, proving that he was acting with a digital mind “. The party chaired by Rached Ghannouchi has asked six portfolios, he has achieved. A department has a problem : one that brought together the local business and the environment. It has been split, giving rise to two different portfolios. It was then learned that Elyes Fakhfakh held shares in a company, Vivan, who contracted with the State. Markets related to the environment have been attributed to the end of 2019, and then signed by Fakhfakh, become president of the government, on 17 April. Since the case was made public, he sold his shares.
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Conflict of interest ?
This is the name of this case is that the first parliamentary block, 54 deputies out of 217, to request the departure of the one they had accepted last February. “This government, which claimed to embody transparency, war against corruption, is discovered struggling with a conflict of interest is obvious,” continues Driss, who believes ” that we can’t do business with the State when it is at its head “. The Inlucc, the national authority of fight against corruption, has forwarded the dossier to the judicial authorities. A parliamentary commission of inquiry was set up. It was decided that it would be closed to the public, which drew reactions of skepticism.
“Fakhfakh, not head of government for only the current affairs”
The folder in question was nevertheless known to some parties prior to the appointment of Elyes Fakhfakh. Noureddine Bhiri, chairman of the parliamentary block of al-nahda, had repeated several times. Kaïs Saïed, president of the Republic, be served on Monday evening that ” Fakhfakh is not a head of government responsible for taking care of the current affairs “, adding that there will be ” no dialogue until the legal situation has not changed “. In this chaotic situation, in the absence of a constitutional Court – the political games have torpedoed its Constitution, the head of State remains the ultimate remedy. It is the only political personality is appreciated by the Tunisians. If elected, he would get 58% of the votes in the first round.
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To an impeachment of the president of the Assembly
During the islamist party required the departure of the head of the government, its president, Rached Ghannouchi, lived the same situation. The chairman of the ARP since the month of November 2019, therefore, is the second personage of the State, is referred to by a motion of impeachment. It is necessary to 109 mps to achieve this. The severity of the socio-economic crisis that hit Tunisia, a downturn of 6.2% for 2020, does not prevent the clans political battle. Ennahda calls for ” a national unity government as wide as possible “, encompassing The heart of Tunisia, the party founded by Nabil Karoui. The latter had been arrested last August while campaigning for the presidential election. He had been released four days before the second round. In an interview with the Point, since the prison of The Monarguia, he had accused “the islamists of al-nahda” to “do everything” to keep him behind bars. Since then, the enemies of yesterday appear to be income to feeling more benevolent.
“Why is this veto against the party of Karoui from Elyes Fakhfakh ?” pleads today the islamist party. The justice board on a thick folder Karoui, thousands of pages, where there is a suspicion of money laundering “. The president of the government has always denied any alliance with him. Now, in a landscape darkened by the dust of the battle, nobody seems to have a majority in the ARP. The negotiations in every sense – to dismiss one or the other, Fakhfakh, or Ghannouchi – are incessant. Difficult to draw a conclusion. Four and a half months after its formation in the pain, the government should change its form. And the Assembly to evolve day to day at the discretion of the alliances. Better than House of Cards ? House of Tunis.
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