According to Essabah, several political parties are considering boycotting the meeting with interim Prime Minster Beji Caid Essebsi that will take place tomorrow, August 18th.
The decision of these parties to boycott the meeting can be explained as a reaction to what they perceive to be segregationist policies carried out repeatedly by the Prime Minister and his government. This was the reasoning behind a manifesto calling for the boycott that was circulated yesterday by one of the republican parties, Al Wifek al Jomhouri.
The manifesto suggests that Essebsi’s government has divided the country into two poles: one worthy of dialogue, the other unworthy. Wifek al Jomhouri further clarified that holding meetings only with particular parties harms the democratic process.
Saheb Ettabaa, president of Al Wifek al Jomhouri, considers it unacceptable that the Prime Minister reserved Wednesday, August 17 to meet and debate with only a few select parties, such as Ennahda and the PDP, yet set aside a separate meeting for all parties on Thursday, in which there will be no debate or discussion allowed.
The parties participating in the boycott are: the Congress Party for the Republic, the Movement of the People’s Union, the Baathist Movement, the Party of Justice and Dignity for Development, the Party for Dignity and Work, the National Movement for Justice and Development, the Movement to Meet Democratic Reform, the Labor Front, the Reform Tounes el Karama, the Alliance for Tunisia, and the Ruling Justice and Development.
The decision of these parties to boycott the meeting can be explained as a reaction to what they perceive to be segregationist policies carried out repeatedly by the Prime Minister and his government. This was the reasoning behind a manifesto calling for the boycott that was circulated yesterday by one of the republican parties, Al Wifek al Jomhouri.
The manifesto suggests that Essebsi’s government has divided the country into two poles: one worthy of dialogue, the other unworthy. Wifek al Jomhouri further clarified that holding meetings only with particular parties harms the democratic process.
Saheb Ettabaa, president of Al Wifek al Jomhouri, considers it unacceptable that the Prime Minister reserved Wednesday, August 17 to meet and debate with only a few select parties, such as Ennahda and the PDP, yet set aside a separate meeting for all parties on Thursday, in which there will be no debate or discussion allowed.
The parties participating in the boycott are: the Congress Party for the Republic, the Movement of the People’s Union, the Baathist Movement, the Party of Justice and Dignity for Development, the Party for Dignity and Work, the National Movement for Justice and Development, the Movement to Meet Democratic Reform, the Labor Front, the Reform Tounes el Karama, the Alliance for Tunisia, and the Ruling Justice and Development.
Ghedira Mahmoud for Tunisia-live.
