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Tunisian constitution committee head condemns president’s draft

Tunisia's President Kais Saied has ruled by decree since last summer, when he brushed aside the parliament and the democratic 2014 constitution [File: Fethi Belaid/Reuters]

The head of Tunisia’s constitution committee has condemned the proposed constitution put forward by President Kais Saied this week, the local Assabah newspaper has reported.

Sadok Belaid, a former constitutional law professor named by Saied to draft a “new constitution for new republic”, said Saied’s version was dangerous and did not resemble the first draft proposed by the constitution committee.

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