Tunisia’s president stresses declared reforms aim to achieve justice

Tunisia’s president stresses declared reforms aim to achieve justice

TUNIS — Tunisia’s President Kais Saied Saturday affirmed that the reforms declared last December seek to preserve freedom and public funds, and achieve justice. This came during a telephone call conducted by Saied and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, a Tunisian presidential statement said. People’s sovereignty is the source of all authorities and none can make himself a legislator in line with the laws aiming to explode state’s institutions, the statement said. He warned that there are some who are conspiring against their home, in cooperation with those who want to get money and undermine countries from inside. Meanwhile, Macron affirmed his country’s support to Tunisia, mainly in economy, and expressed his understanding of several issues and difficulties Tunisia is going through. Last December, Saied announced what he called as a “national referendum” about some constitutional reforms on July 25, 2022, in addition to a number of legislative measures on Dec. 17, 2022. He revealed organizing some “popular” consultations through the Internet as of this month on the reforms that should be added to the current political regime. Saied assured Thursday that the country’s freedoms are “guaranteed” after rights groups warned of a threat signaled by the violent suppression of