Kais Saied announces a national dialogue without referring to the Tunisian parties

Tunisian President Kais Saied announced today, Thursday, the launch of a national dialogue on political reforms, which has been called by Tunisia's partners abroad, but he did not say whether it would include parties, opponents and civil society.

While presiding over the second cabinet meeting since the formation of the new government headed by Najla Boden, Said said that a "honest and fair" national dialogue would be launched in which young people would participate in the entire Tunisian territory, with an agreed time limit that ends with the formulation of compositional proposals in a national conference.

The step represents a sign of reassurance to Tunisia's partners abroad in light of the pressures demanding the launch of a comprehensive dialogue to discuss political reforms, after President Said's decision to freeze parliament, suspend the constitution and assume the executive and legislative powers, and without setting a period for the exceptional measures that have been going on for nearly three months.

But the president did not indicate whether the dialogue would include political parties, those opposing him, or civil society organizations.

This is a demand called by the Tunisian General Labor Union, the largest national and trade union organization in the country, which stressed the “participatory principle” in decision-making.

Said explained that the dialogue will be "completely different from previous experiences and will address several topics, including the political and electoral systems in Tunisia."

Saeed said that the dialogue "will not include all those who seized the people's money or those who sold their debts abroad."

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