The Secretary-General of the Democratic Current said in a statement to “JDD Tunisie” on Friday, July 16, that Ennahda movement brought us back to the atmosphere of 2013, which witnessed political assassinations and terrorist threats. He said that many national figures are at risk of losing their lives, noting that Ennahda’s main concern is positioning and controlling the joints of the state and owning power, while Tunisia is bleeding and in need of real, serious and deep solutions.
“Mechichi is a symbol of failure”
Chaouachi insisted that the Democratic Current does not consider itself concerned and will not participate in a government headed by Hichem Mechichi, whom he described as a “symbol of failure,” which was proven during his tenure, and he continued that the head of the government is an investment in failure.
He added that Ennahda movement continues to flee forward and that the democratic current is not interested in any government formed by the movement, noting that it supports the current government and controls the scene and that just announcing that it will transform from a government of technocrats and considering it to have failed after 10 months and turning into a political government, is only a desperate attempt to distribute failure.
He continued, ” Ennahda movement is trying to form a political government to move to another stage and make Tunisians forget 10 months of failure and government failure that led to the deterioration of the health situation, the high number of deaths and infections with the Corona virus, the absence of vaccinations, and others.”
Rejected invitation
Chaouachi confirmed that Ennahda had sent an official invitation to the Democratic current to join the consultations to form the next government, adding that his party had rejected this move and this choice from the beginning, saying, “There is no point in sitting with Ennahda at the negotiating table to form a government.” He pointed out that the Democratic Current does not consider the problem in forming a government per se as the absence of a clear road map to save the country, as Tunisia today is collapsing little by little and is threatened by the inability to pay its debts and declare its bankruptcy. He added that the country is inevitably coming to a social explosion, perhaps with the beginning of September, according to his estimation, in addition to the fact that thousands of Tunisians lost their lives due to the government’s inability to contain the pandemic and mitigate its consequences.
Government to 2024
Chaouachi insisted on the need to agree on the issues in dispute that lead the political crisis to a dead end, and then search for the most capable government in a second stage to implement all the provisions of the road map and to implement them during the next three years. He considered that the failure to form a viable government until 2024 is half-solutions, describing them as “prosthetics” and would play the role of palliative for a while and then return again to the political crisis and to the conflict over powers and positions, according to him.
He added that replacing one government with another is not the ideal solution. What is needed is a government capable of bringing Tunisia to safety, at least until the upcoming legislative and presidential elections in 2024. He added “Tunisia is bleeding on all levels, socially, economically, healthily and security.”
