The place is Tunisia heading? – Center East Monitor

Tunisian President, Kais Saied, continues his coup towards the Structure and extends the State of Emergency, distinctive legal guidelines, freezing parliament, lifting immunity from parliamentarians, and abolishing all oversight our bodies. He has turned an distinctive state of affairs right into a everlasting state of affairs as if there was no Revolution, nothing has modified and a brand new actuality has not been imposed on the nation.

Saied, alone, holds all the chief, legislative and judicial powers in his palms and he has taken Tunisia again to the period of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, when totalitarianism, dictatorship, and particular person rule have been the order of the day. He’s even taking Tunisia again to the Nineteen Fifties and Nineteen Sixties, in the course of the time of Bourguiba—besides that he lacks Bourguiba’s honourable {qualifications}, functionality, and historical past within the wrestle towards the French occupation, which allowed his Opposition to forgive lots of his errors and missteps. Saied doesn’t even possess Zin El Abidine’s abilities that will allow him to rule alone. He has arisen from the unknown, from exterior the world of politics and it’s ironic that he hails from the Judiciary, from the Constitutional Court docket, which he’s working towards and whose work was stopped in accordance with the Structure that was introduced by the Jasmine Revolution.  He has attacked and eradicated all its positive aspects, with out which he wouldn’t have been in a position to set foot within the Presidential Palace.

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Kais Saied’s coup means that he’s the State and the State is Kais Saied; if he might, he would have stated this explicitly, just like the King of France, Louis XIV, nicknamed the “Solar King” within the Center Ages, who stated, “I’m the State.”

Many individuals wonder if Kais Saied is mentally steady or if he’s affected by paranoia and concern. In media appearances, he appears tense and his method of talking suggests that there’s an imbalance in his psychological and psychological capability. Most notable since his coup is his extreme anger and stubbornness, as he’s unwilling to listen to anybody opposing him. From his perspective, everyone seems to be a traitor, agent, mercenary and has been bribed. He overtly introduced to the general public that he’s prepared to indict anybody who opposes his tyranny and his coup towards the Structure. He’s continually stating that his platforms are able to shoot missiles on the corrupt and those that he deems against his dictatorship, claiming that everybody is corrupt besides him.

He reminds us of the Libyan President, Muammar Gaddafi, who described his opponents as stray canine, and Bashar Al-Assad, who described the free revolutionaries as germs and rats, and that they’ve an incurable illness. Even former Tunisian President, Moncef Marzouki, has acknowledged that he’s affected by paranoia. When he appointed Najla Bouden as prime minister who, like him, can be an unknown determine, he arrogantly stated he didn’t have the time to seek the advice of with the events and listen to their arguments!

He introduced on this unknown woman in order that she would comply with his orders and he might dictate all his choices to her—that means, he appointed a secretary. That is regardless of all the chief powers granted by the Structure to the prime minister and prohibited to the top of state. Nonetheless, Kais Saied has actually torn and burned down the Structure. Dozens of individuals have been prompted, by Saied’s actions, to stage a determined protest. 1000’s took to the road in mass protests that crammed the streets of Tunisia calling for the overthrow of Kais Saied.

He selected a lady to go the federal government to ensure that her to be his mediator within the eyes of the hypocritical West which requires the empowerment of girls, and she is going to act because the entrance for his blatant coup. He could win over some ladies, thus easing the strain on him.

It has been almost two months since Saied’s coup, however he doesn’t know how you can advance it and, on the identical time, he can not retreat. He’s in a significant predicament, and it seems that these plotting to destroy Tunisia and kill its Revolution have discovered what they want on this troubled particular person. They’re utilizing him as a wrecking ball and, finally, as soon as he accomplishes their mission, they may overthrow him.

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Saied didn’t deliver pleasure to the Tunisian individuals however, as an alternative, introduced pleasure to the leaders of the counter-revolution in Abu Dhabi. The Emirati media has expressed of their retailers, together with newspapers, information websites, tv channels, and thru their digital media their overwhelming happiness on the deceptive declare of “the downfall of the Brotherhood” in Tunisia, and never the downfall of democracy.

The solar of freedom shone over the Arab world from Tunisia in 2010, however the moon escaped and disappeared in 2021 because of the Arab-American-Zionist plots, which refuse to permit the institution of dignity and freedom for the nations. Will it shine once more?

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