July 26, 2022

Tunisian President Kais Saied confirmed, at dawn on Tuesday, in an exclusive statement to Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath, that “Tunisia has entered a new phase” and that “everyone who has committed crimes once morest the country must be held accountable.”

Said said, “The electoral law will be ready as a popular demand.”

The Tunisian president had arrived earlier at Habib Bourguiba Street, where his supporters celebrated the expected victory in the referendum on the new constitution.

On Monday evening, large numbers of Tunisians went to Habib Bourguiba Street in the center of the capital, Tunis, to celebrate the ratification of the new constitution that President Said put to a referendum, following opinion polls suggested the overwhelming majority of voters would support this constitution.

Indicators of estimated results showed, by “Sigma Konsai”, which specializes in opinion polls, 92.3 percent voted yes on the draft constitutionA result that is considered a victory for President Said over his opponents and an affirmation of his popularity.

After that, the president’s supporters went out to Habib Bourguiba Street to celebrate the adoption of the draft constitution, in a scene that recalled the night he won the presidential elections in the fall of 2019 and came to power, under strict security measures.

The group, mostly young people, chanted “Long live the people” and in spirit and blood we redeemed you, science, and chanted the national anthem. They also raised slogans once morest the Ennahda movement, its leader Rashid Ghannouchi, and the Brotherhood, who led a campaign to push people to boycott the referendum.

And the preliminary results began to appear little by little from the polling stations, where the winning process is taking place, and all showed overwhelming support for the constitution, with rates exceeding 90 percent.

The new constitution, which gives broad powers to the president, will be adopted once he wins the majority of the authorized votes. The decree regulating the referendum issued by President Said does not indicate a minimum turnout required for the approval of the referendum results, nor does it refer to the subsequent consequences of the possibility of rejecting the constitution. by polling participants.