Tunisia – Tunisians hold protest against referendum Tunis

Location: Tunis, Tunisia

Language: Arabic

Duration: 00:02:18

Voice: Natural

Source: A24 Tunisia

Restriction: A24 subscribers

Date: 22/07/2022

Storyline:

Hundreds of Tunisians from the Civil Coalitiontook to the street on Friday evening in the center of the capital, Tunis, protesting against the new draft constitution and the referendum process. According to the campaign statement, the new draft “undermines the foundations of the civil, democratic state, and concentrates power on the rule of the absolute state.” Demonstrators held slogans against the new draft constitution, and raised banners that read “No to tyranny.” The march comes ahead of a referendum on a new constitution that Tunisian President Kais Saied put to a referendum on Monday, 25 July.

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Soundbite (Jilani Hammami – spokesman for the Workers’ Party)

“We are here today to express our opinion, because we consider that this street was liberated by our efforts and sacrifices, and this is our right to voice our opinion.”

Soundbite (Naela Zaghlani – President of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women)

“All these associations say one thing which is no to this referendum and to this constitution, which abolished the civil state, equality, rights and freedoms.”

Soundbite (Erythema Fever – Chairman of the Workers’ Party)

“First of all, whoever decided this referendum is a person, and whoever created this constitution is a person, and the committee that created the constitution had nothing to do with this constitution and this constitution establishes dictatorship for a person.”