Noticias

The steering committee responsible for developing the organic draft law on the constitutional court within the Ministry of Justice has finalised its work this week.

Chaired by lawyer Amin Mahfoudh, the committee has handed the draft law to Minister of Justice Mohamed Salah Ben Aissa to send his comments before its submission to the cabinet meeting next week. 

Prime Minister Habib Essid decided, as he chaired a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, to dissolve 28 municipal councils and replace them by special delegations, through the adoption of 28 decrees.

President Beji Caid Essebsi reiterated his commitment not to promulgate any law contrary to the principles set out in the Tunisian constitution.

At his meeting, Wednesday, with a delegation of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), led by its President Karim Lahidji, Caid Essebsi pledged to strengthen and promote human rights in Tunisia.

Speaker of the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) Mohamed Ennaceur said, Tuesday, amendments will be made to the draft law banning attacks on armed forces. 

“The bill will be amended to ensure compliance with the respect for rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the new constitution,” Mr. Ennaceur stated at a meeting with a delegation of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) headed by Kamel Lahidji.

"Despite challenges, we are determined to carry out necessary reforms in accordance with a clear and well-defined timetable," President Béji Caid Essebsi said in his speech on the second day of the G7 Summit currently held in Germany.

Addressing guests of this 41^st Summit, the President shed light on the strides made by the country on the pathway to democracy since the Deauville Summit and the  challenges confronting it, particularly unemployment and terrorism.

Human Rights activists claim that Tunisia is facing a a torture ‘epidemic’ amid fears of a return to a Ben Ali- style police state.

The comments come after it emerged that The Tunisian Organization Against Torture (OCTT) is currently investigating almost 70 torture cases in 2015 with 23 claims submitted in the past month alone.

OCTT chief Mondher Cherni has hit out at the authorities over their ‘reluctance’ to investigate torture claims adequately and the human rights experts believes that Tunisia is at risk of once again becoming a police state.

Emrhod Consulting a dévoilé son baromètre politique du mois de mai 2015 effectué pour le compte du Temps, d’Assabah, de Mosaïque Fm et d’Al Watania. Cette enquête sur le bilan des 100 premiers jours du chef du gouvernement Habib Essid, réalisée entre les 12 et 15 mai, a visé un échantillon représentatif de la société tunisienne en âge de voter. 1060 personnes, dans les 24 gouvernorats du pays incluant les zones urbaines et rurales, ont été interrogées.

46,1% des Tunisiens
satisfaits du bilan des 100 premiers jours
de Habib Essid

Dans une conférence de presse organisée hier   par l’Association des magistrats tunisiens, Raoudha Karafi a mis en exergue les difficultés par lesquelles passe le pouvoir judicaire en passe de  devenir sous l’autorité de l’exécutif.  

Participants in the conference organised, Wednesday in Tunis, on local power, unanimously pointed out the urgency of starting as soon as possible to review the laws in force and which are in total contradiction with Chapter 7 of the Constitution on the local power, before the organisation of municipal and regional elections.