The former law professor has long called for a presidential system to replace the hybrid structure outlined in a 2014 constitution, which allowed for repeated conflicts between the executive and legislative branches.
He has also called for a “national dialogue” but excluded political parties from the process.
The powerful Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail trade union confederation has said it will not take part, as the dialogue excludes key political actors and aims to “impose faits accomplis by force.”
Many Tunisians, tired of a deepening economic crisis, have welcomed Saied’s moves against an unpopular political system they say delivered little.
But rights groups, political parties and foreign governments have warned of a slide back to dictatorship, a decade after the revolt that overthrew strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
AFP
