After the unexpected visit of the Tunisian president Kais Saied of Sidi Bouzid, many national newspapers published analytic and opinion articles in relation with this visit.
According to “la Presse“, Saïed’s response to his detractors came yesterday from Sidi-Bouzid, the city symbolizing the Revolution and the starting point of the Arab Spring. His public appearance in the evening under the ovations of the citizens of Sidi-Bouzid chanting slogans expressing their refusal of the band of Muslim brothers, calling for the dissolution of Parliament, to consecrate the will of the people and to achieve the objectives of the revolution, was a challenge to the political protagonists unable to move on the ground and to measure their popularity by the yardstick of the crowd. Pinning the dozens of demonstrators who gathered last Saturday on the steps of the Municipal Theater in Tunis to “denounce a coup and a democratic and constitutional drift”, the Head of State called this demonstration a “comedy mediocre whose director who is known (Editor’s note: Moncef Marzouki), is only an eternal loser ”.
As for “le Maghreb”, and in article entitled “When will the picture become clear?” the political scene is still mysterious.
“Alchourouk” published an article entitled “Kais Said from Sidi Bouzid…the mulberry leaf fell”.
According to this article, Yesterday evening, the President of the Republic confirmed the continuation of exceptional measures, adding that transitional provisions will be established, and a prime minister will be assigned in light of the transitional provisions that respond to the will of the people and the establishment of a new electoral law.
