MP Fatma Mseddi stated that sending the Finance Bill — recently approved by the Assembly of the Representatives of the People — to the President of the Republic comes at a highly sensitive constitutional moment. The move follows ongoing disagreements over several provisions with the National Council of Regions and Districts.
In a Facebook post, Mseddi recalled that she had previously warned against including articles related to recruitment and the regularization of employment statuses, stressing that these matters fall under the regulatory authority of the government, not within the legislative domain of Parliament. Such inclusion, she argued, represents a clear overreach of the legislature’s constitutional powers.
Mseddi also pointed out that the Minister of Finance publicly acknowledged the existence of articles that violate the Constitution and the Organic Law of Finance Laws. She described this admission as a serious political and legal acknowledgment that reinforces the argument of significant legislative flaws in the approved text.
With Tunisia still lacking a Constitutional Court, she emphasized that the President of the Republic remains the sole authority responsible for ensuring compliance with the Constitution, placing on him the direct responsibility to prevent the enactment of provisions that may contradict constitutional principles.
Therefore, according to Fatma Mseddi, the possibility of returning the Finance Bill to Parliament for a second reading remains highly plausible and represents “the correct constitutional path” to uphold the hierarchy of legal norms and ensure coherence within the national legal framework.
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