In a statement today, Monday, August 16, 2021, the Executive Office of Ennahda Movement called on the President of the Republic to lift the suspension of functions on Parliament and to quickly return to work on the constitution and end the case of “serious breach”, as it poses a threat to the continuation of our democratic experience, a violation of rights and freedoms, and an infringement on the most basic principles of the Republic and the separation of powers, according to the statement text.
The movement also reminded the President of the Republic that political crises can only be resolved through dialogue, and that the national responsibility is to preserve the unity of Tunisians and their civil peace, to resume the democratic path, to protect the country’s higher interests and not to plunge it into regional and international conflicts that deviate Tunisia from its historical position.
On August 13, the Executive Office expressed the urgent and urgent need to assign a government of national competencies, lift the siege on the headquarters of the government in the Kasbah, and stop obstructing the public facility, which disrupts the normal functioning of the state’s wheels, and the delay that may result in fulfilling the interests of citizens, according to its expression.
The movement affirmed its rejection of all measures it described as “arbitrary”, including placing them in house arrest without judicial permission and without explanation, and in accordance with an “unconstitutional” law, and preventing tens of thousands of Tunisians from traveling based on their professional qualities or their political or human rights activity and with verbal instructions and far from all legal guarantees.
Itcalled on all political forces and national and human rights organizations to respond to the call for dialogue to defend Tunisian democracy and to address all violations of the basic rights of Tunisians.
It urged Ennahda movement and its activists to rally around their movement, adhere to the principles they believed in, not succumb to provocations, and contribute with all the people in any work that would enhance national unity and social solidarity and support the participants and links between all members of society, according to the statement.
For its part, the parliamentary bloc of the Ennahda movement said in a statement today, Monday, August 16, 2021, that it is following the sequence of “arbitrary measures” that have been taken since the announcement of the decisions on July 25 and the serious violations they represented in the interpretation of the constitutional text, including the repeated attacks on rights and freedoms. Following are the procedures for preventing travel without judicial decisions, placing many citizens under house arrest, and referring civilians to military courts.
It demanded to get out as soon as possible from the exceptional situation towards returning the country to a normal situation and to resort to the country’s constitution and ordinary laws, and the respect of the state and its institutions for the principles of human rights and the preservation of public freedoms.
