Noticias

Le président de l’Instance supérieure indépendante des élections (ISIE), Chafik Sarsar, a confié à Africanmanager que l’instance s’emploie à  introduire pour la première fois en Tunisie le vote anticipé afin de permettre à certaines catégories, dont notamment les sécuritaires et les militaires, de voter avant les autres (3 jours avant le scrutin).

Il a par ailleurs souligné la nécessité d’avoir conscience de l’importance des élections municipales puisqu’elles permettent au peuple de statuer sur les questions majeures .

MUNICIPALES - Les élections municipales auront lieu, a priori, le 26 mars 2017, a annoncé, vendredi, le président de l’Instance supérieure indépendante pour les élections (ISIE), Chafik Sarsar.

President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) Chafik Sarsar Tuesday said the municipal election law needs to be published in the Official Gazette before next April 4 so that elections may be held in October 2016. 

“The bill was not yet put officially before the House of People’s Representatives (HPR); it should be brought to the floor as soon as possible,” Sarsar indicated.

 Any peaceful demonstration or protest “is contrary to the provisions imposed by the state of emergency,” Minister of the Interior Najem Gharsalli said on Tuesday.

Among the security measures recently adopted, there is the closure until September 14 of Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis city center.

This decision “has no relation with the national march scheduled for September 12 to protest against the economic reconciliation bill,” stressed the Minister of the Interior on the sidelines of the meeting of the national committee for disaster reduction.

Some 157 civil society organisations are suspected of having ties to terrorist and Takfiri organisations, said Minister in charge of Relations with Constitutional Bodies and Civil Society Kamel Jendoubi.

The activities of 80 additional organisations were suspended and warnings issued for 83 others to regularise their situation, he announced.

Other organisations were dissolved pursuant to a judicial decision, he said.

Estremecido aún por la matanza de 38 turistas extranjeros en la ciudad sureña de Susa, este país norteafricano cuenta hoy con una ley que endurece las penas y agiliza los juicios por ese delito.

One hundred and thirty three (133) MPs voted for the transfer of the draft law on the Supreme Judicial Council (French: CSM) to the General Legislation Committee for reconsideration. Six deputies voted against and fourteen MPs abstained. 

The MPs voted at a plenary session of the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) held Tuesday, part of the work of which was devoted to the discussion of the bill on the supreme judicial council.

Le Conseil des ministres a tenu, hier, au palais du gouvernement à la Kasbah, sa réunion périodique sous la présidence du chef du gouvernement, Habib Essid.

The Bureau of the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) decided at its meeting Friday to make every effort to complete the discussion of the draft law on fight against terrorism and money laundering before Republic Day which coincides with next July 25. 

The decision was taken at an extraordinary meeting of the HPR Bureau that took place Friday afternoon in the presence of parliamentary group presidents.

HPR Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur called on members of the committee responsible for that bill to redouble efforts and work day and night, if necessary, to achieve this goal.