Tunis, May 26 (AFP/APP): Tunisia will hold a constitutional referendum for a “new republic” on July 25, President Kais Saied has announced, in defiance of critics who warn he wants to establish an autocracy.
The vote will come exactly a year after Saied sacked the government and suspended parliament, moves his rivals called a coup, but which he argues were necessary to resolve a crippling political deadlock.
Saied has since held a widely boycotted public consultation on a new constitution.
He has also appointed a body to suggest how responses from the consultation may be fed into the replacement for the constitution adopted after Tunisia’s 2011 revolution, the birthplace of the Arab Spring.
The draft is to be ready by June 30.
Follow the PNI Facebook page for the latest news and updates.
