After Egypt, It’s Tunisia
Who wanted anti-democracy coup d’état?
Now two weeks have passed since the political upheaval which shook Tunisia, and two weeks are left as the suspension period of parliament according to the announcement made by President Kais Saied on the Republic Day of his country.
On that historic night, the President announced the dismissal of Prime Minister Hisham Al-Mashishi from his post. But what was important was his announcement that Parliament would remain frozen for a month. The most critical of this was that he lifted the immunity of the members of parliament. I think that no one expected these measures to be taken suddenly without any prior hint.
In the last 10 years, people of Tunisia have lost confidence in politics and what surrounds it. This feeling is still haunting them even days after the presidential announcement. The President has frozen the Parliament! What next?! Will he fulfil his promises of reforms? And how?! What is his plan and what is its legal and constitutional framework for it? Is it true that some parties and channels are mobilising support, rejecting this presidential declaration? Will it open the doors of internal strife and chaos in Tunisia!? These are the questions which came to the minds of those I interviewed. They were from all age groups and different social segments. They were happy but were very cautious.
When we look at the head of the government, all information indicates that President (Kais) Saied is going to appoint a first minister, which will mean establishing a presidential system after making all sorts of amendments, annulling parliamentary system and going to alter the constitution and proclaim the Third Republic.
(by Rim Bougamra in Alarabiya)
It is clear that Israel used its relationship with autocrats to prevent Arabs from experiencing democracy which they could use to achieve full independence. They could make use of this opportunity to utilise their material and human resources for development and building a strong economy.
It is evident that the Turkish experience (of democracy) has created fear among Western countries and Israel. This is why they decided to use Arab dictators to prevent the repetition of this experiment.
The idea of an alliance between Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was one of the most important factors which led to the hurry in the coup.
Morsi adhered to his principles and genuineness. He sacrificed to protect his people and his country. He was martyred after living years in solitary confinement. He was forbidden from communicating with anyone for fear of revealing the facts. But he will remain the leader who inspired his people. He will be remembered as a model of principled leadership.
Similarly, (Tunisian president Kais) Saied succumbed under the Arab autocrats, implemented their plan to abort the Tunisian revolution and its experiment with democracy. He helped in engineering against Arabs, in favour of Israel and America.
The people of Tunisia, who led the Arab revolutions against dictators, can lead the Arab peoples once again in a complete uprising to restore the nation’s right to life, freedom, and democracy.
(By Sulaiman Saleh in Aljazeera)
Compiled and Translated by Faizul Haque