The Tunisian Parliament convenes, on Monday, by presidential decision, two years after it was frozen for the first time in the country’s history, without immunity or members of the Brotherhood parties.
Tunisian experts who spoke to “Sky News Arabia” refuted the most important features of the new parliament, as well as the most important files on its agenda.
Tunisian political analyst Nizar Al-Jilidi revealed the features of the first session of parliament, most notably:
- First: The session will be chaired in accordance with the Tunisian constitution by the eldest member assisted by the youngest, until the election of the council president.
- Second: The session opens with the president or one of his assistants reading the final list of the 154 seat-winning candidates.
- Third: The interim president will witness the swearing-in of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, during the opening session, on Monday.
- Fourth: The first session will also witness arrangements for electing a new Speaker of Parliament, while the winning parties are still hesitating so far about the process of electing a new President who will assume his duties for a period of 5 years.
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The most prominent candidates
During the past few days, political circles circulated the names of a number of candidates for the presidency of the Parliament of Tunisia, most notably Ibrahim Abu Derbala, the former dean of Tunisian lawyers. The “People’s Movement” and “Let the People Victory” announced the preparation of candidates for the presidency of the parliament, and the name of Badr Eddine Gammudi, a leader in the People’s Movement, emerged prominently. large over the past period.
Distinctive features
Tunisian political analyst Bassam Hamdi believes that the most prominent features of the new Tunisian parliament are that it came in accordance with a new electoral law approved in accordance with the political roadmap announced by President Kais Saied on July 25, 2021.
The Tunisian parliament is also convening for the first time without legislative immunity granted to deputies, according to the new law, and it also gives citizens the right to dismiss a representative in the event that he fails to perform his duties.
The Tunisian analyst also points out, in an interview with “Sky News Arabia”, that the new parliament was devoid of members of the Brotherhood’s Ennahda Party after they were politically isolated.
Among the distinctive features of the new parliament is also the dominance of young people in its composition by 73 seats, as independent names and new faces rose in the political arena, while partisan candidates won only 8.4 percent of the seats (13 seats), while women will be represented by 16 percent (25). seats).
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Highlight files
Political analyst Nizar Al-Jilidi says that the new parliament will be concerned with several important files after the completion of the initial arrangements that will be witnessed in the first session, the most important of which is the amendment of some legislation and laws related to the economy to contribute to ending the state of economic crisis.
Parliament, according to Al-Jalidi, will also take care of a package of measures related to political reforms that are compatible with the state’s mechanisms and action plans, in preparation for the launch of the new republic.
Al-Jalidi believes that Parliament will work at maximum speed on all legislative files, coinciding with the efforts of political reform led by the country.
