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Tunisia’s president publishes amended draft of constitution with minor changes

Tunisia’s president publishes amended draft of constitution with minor changes

TUNISIA'S President Kais Saied published in the official gazette a new draft of the proposed constitution that included minor amendments and did not affect his power. The amendments of 46 chapters of the proposed constitution are mostly minor and formal and come amid sharp criticism of a draft proposed by the president on June 30, with some considering it paving the way for a dictatorship.
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Tunisian president takes most powers in proposed constitution

Tunisian president takes most powers in proposed constitution

TUNISIA'S president published a planned new constitution that he will put to a referendum next month, expanding his own powers and limiting the role of parliament in a vote most political parties have already rejected. Kais Saied has ruled by decree since last summer, when he brushed aside the parliament and the democratic 2014 constitution in a step his foes called a coup, moving towards one-man rule and vowing to remake the political system. His intervention last summer has thrust Tunisia into its biggest political crisis since the 2011 revolution that ousted former autocrat Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and introduced…
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