TUNIS —
Tunisia’s powerful UGTT trade union confederation said Monday it would not take
part in a national dialogue proposed by President Kais Saied, arguing that it
excludes key actors and civil society.
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Saied sacked the
government last July before dissolving parliament and seizing control of the
judiciary, in moves opponents called a coup against the only democracy to
emerge from the Arab Spring uprisings. The president has consistently excluded
political parties from any dialogue, despite domestic and overseas calls for a
more inclusive process.
On Friday, Saied
appointed a loyalist law professor to head a body charged with rewriting the
constitution for a “new republic” through a “national dialogue”. The UGTT was
named as one of several unions and other national bodies invited to take part,
while no political parties were named.
But in a
statement on Monday, the union said it “will not take part in any national
dialogue under the format proposed” by Saied. It said the format “was not
discussed beforehand and doesn’t meet national forces’ demands for a patriotic
process to find a way out of the crisis”.
Saied had announced in
early May the establishment of a long-awaited “national dialogue” — at the same
time attacking the political elite, which he accuses of having plundered the
country.
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