To know what happens when presidents hinder state affairs, ask Lebanon and Tunisia
(L)Tunisia’s President Kais Saied in Tunis, Tunisia on 13 October 2019 [Yassine Gaidi/Anadolu Agency](R) Lebanese President, Michel Aoun in Beirut, Lebanon on 21 October 2020 [Lebanese Presidency/Anadolu Agency] April 29, 2021 at 10:40 am
In Lebanon, they have been waiting for six months; in Tunisia it s three months. The Lebanese are waiting for a new government, while the Tunisians are waiting for eleven new ministers to assume their duties after being given parliament s approval. Lebanon has not benefitted from a government, and Tunisia has not benefitted from its new ministers. The responsibility lies with the same office of state in both countries: the president.
US rejects Tunisian MP’s claims about Saied, military conducts probe
The US embassy put out a statement saying, ” reference to recent media reports: the US Government did not provide funding to President Kais Saied’s presidential campaign.”
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MP Rached Khiari. (Facebook)
TUNIS – Tunisia’s military court opened an investigation Tuesday into allegations by Rached Khiari, a member of parliament, who accused President Kais Saied of receiving foreign support and funding during his election campaign to win the 2019 presidential elections. The allegations have since been refuted by the US embassy in Tunis.
The head of Saied’s electoral campaign Faouzi Daas said that the military court opened an investigation Tuesday into the accusation made by the independent parliamentarian, who had earlier claimed that the president had received American funding to boost his chances of victory in the presidential elections.
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Representatives of EU Member States
Re: Violations Targeting Human Rights Defenders, Including SOGI Activists, in Tunisia
We write to you on behalf of Human Rights Watch and Damj Association for Justice and Equality, a Tunis-based LGBT rights group, to raise concern regarding the violations committed by Tunisian security forces against activists at protests, including targeting activists working on issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), in violation of Tunisia’s constitution and international human rights protections.
Human Rights Watch documented cases where police arbitrarily arrested activists at protests, including instances where they rounded them up on the street, physically assaulted them, threatened to rape and kill them, and refused persons in custody access to prompt legal counsel. Activists also said individuals harassed them on social media and threatened them with violen
With a decade of democracy under their belt, Tunisians enjoy representative democracy, a rarity in the region. Despite gains in political freedoms, many are fleeing the country due to economic woes that have worsened over the last 10 years.