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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Tunis - Mongi Saidani

Tunisia's Ennhada Admits its Responsibility in Political Crisis

Tunisian President Kais Saied (AP)

The Islamist Ennahda admitted that it is partly responsible for the political crisis in the country and the failure to manage the state after the 2011 revolution.

Ali Laarayedh, deputy head of Ennahda, announced that responsibility for the failures in Tunisia, noting that some of the political alliances negatively affected the political situation as a whole.

Laarayedh explained that his party could have joined the opposition and held the government accountable, which could have been more helpful for the country.

However, he denied that Ennahda was solely responsible for the situation when President Kais Saied decided to activate Chapter 80 of the constitution.

The responsibility is collective, said Laarayedh, noting that all the political parties are accountable for the crisis.

Meanwhile, Radwan al-Masmoudi, a top official of the Ennahda, announced his resignation from the movement's political bureau.

Masmoudi said his resignation stems from his desire to defend democracy, away from partisan and political pressures.

He stated that he wanted to "devote himself to safeguarding democracy, free of conflicts and partisan constraints."

Before Masmoudi's resignation, Khalil al-Baroumi withdrew from the movement's executive office.

Meanwhile, a member of the opposition Democratic Current Party, Nabil Hajji, ruled out the possibility of the parliament returning to the state it was before July 25.

The President will be most affected if the parliament returns to its previous circumstances, and it will be "political suicide" for Saeid, according to Hadji.

He suggested holding a session for the parliament to dissolve itself, noting that the resignation of half of the parliament members, or a third of it, is not a radical solution to this legal problem.

Hadji called on the President to suspend the judicial recess, reopen the case of electoral lists that violated the law and received suspicious funds, and issue a suitable verdict against them.

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