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Reuters
Politics
Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall

Tunisia's Ennahda rejects dissolution of parliament, will boycott referendum

Tunisia's Rached Ghannouchi, head of the moderate Islamist Ennahda and speaker of the parliament, attends an interview with Reuters in Tunis, Tunisia, March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

Tunisia's main opposition party, the Islamist Ennahda, rejects President Kais Saied's move to dissolve parliament and it will boycott any referendum he calls to restructure the political system unilaterally, its leader said.

Rached Ghannouchi, who is also parliament speaker, said in an interview that Ennahda would only take part in a referendum if Saied held national consultations on his political reforms.

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