TUNIS: Tunisia’s government and both its main labor and commerce unions agreed on Friday to start talks on Monday over economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a rescue program. “We are not afraid of prison, torture or death.” “Whether the constitution passes or not, our struggle will continue until the fall of this new tyrant,” he told reporters. Hamma Hammami, head of the far-left Workers’ Party, vowed that Saied’s opponents would not give up. The head of the SNJT journalists’ union, Mehdi Jelassi, was treated on the spot after being sprayed in the face with tear gas, he told AFP.Ī police officer blamed the demonstrators for the unrest, saying they had been authorized to hold a protest on one part of the city center boulevard but had “purposely moved toward the ministry because they sought provocation.” “We (Tunisian people) didn’t write anything!” read one, a reference to Saied’s draft charter. Some demonstrators carried placards reading slogans such as “the constitution will not pass” and “Saied the dictator.” His move was a decisive blow against the crisis-ridden political system in Tunisia, the only democracy to have emerged from the 2011 Arab uprisings, and his rivals say his constitution aims to restore an autocracy. This section contains relevant reference points, placed in (Opinion field)
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