Politics

Tunisia-New Motion to withdraw confidence from Rached Ghannouchi and Samira Chaouachi

Tunisian presidential candidate Kais Saied poses for a picture with a national flag at his campaign headquarters in the capital Tunis on September 15, 2019, as exit polls ahead of the preliminary results for the polls predicted him to be "first in the first round". - Kais Saied, an independent 61-year-old law professor and expert on constitutional affairs, and jailed media mogul Nabil Karoui, behind bars due to a money laundering probe, the two anti-establishment candidates in Tunisia's divisive election on September 15, claimed to have won through to a runoff after polling closed in the country's second free presidential poll since the 2011 Arab Spring. (Photo by MOHAMED KHALIL / AFP)

Several opposition blocs in the suspended parliament are working to gather signatures for the motion of censure against house speaker Rached Ghannouchi and first vice president Samira Chaouchi.

The concerned blocs are holding the house speaker accountable for what the country has reached, pointing his inability to lead the parliament, disregarding the internal system and employing his position at the head of the legislative institution to implement the plans of the organization to which he belongs as well as bypassing his powers and intervening with the powers The Presidency of the Republic at the level of foreign policy which harmed the imaged of Tunisia abroad and created tension inside the parliament.

The opposition blocs similarly accused Chaouachi of implementing all his options that break the internal system while presiding over the plenary sessions and causing a state of tension due to her constant abuse of opposition deputies and her violation of procedures.