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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
World
Tunis - Mongi Saidani

Tunisian Opposition Parties Avoid Alliance with Ennahda

Tunisia’s president Kais Saied takes the oath of office at the Assembly of People’s Representatives in Tunis, Tunisia October 23, 2019 (REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi)

The Tunisian opposition - consisting mainly of a group of leftist parties, the Free Constitutional Party and the National Salvation Front, in addition to the Tunisian General Labor Union - continues to engage in a sharp confrontation with President Kais Saied’s political path, but without uniting on one front, or in a specific bloc.

Each of these parties – with different political and electoral considerations – have expressed serious concerns about supporting the moves of the National Salvation Front, which is backed by the leaders of the Ennahda movement.

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