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Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall

Tunisian questionnaire on constitution is met with a nationwide shrug

Ahmed Kouki, a pro-Saied volunteer, introduces to students an online multiple-choice questionnaire that President Kais Saied has set up as a part of a 'consultation' before he rewrites the constitution, in Tunis, Tunisia February 28, 2022. Picture taken February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

As Tunisia's president prepares to rewrite the constitution after dismissing parliament last year and ruling by decree, he has called for citizens' input by setting up a voluntary multiple-choice questionnaire online.

With two weeks to go before the survey is due to end, only 276,000 people have taken part in the country of 12 million, according to the survey website, amid accusations by Kais Saied's critics that the consultation is a charade.

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