Tunisia's Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) on Monday announced the final list of three candidates for the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for October 6, reported the Tunis Afrique Presse.
Many Tunisians are concerned that the new Constitution will consolidate executive, legislative, and judicial powers in the hands of the President.
The ‘state of emergency’ clause takes away the powers of parliament and of the Constitutional court to end the president’s assumption of exceptional powers.
According to this presidential decree, the head of state has the full right to demand the dismissal of any magistrate who fails in professional duties
"Today, I made my decision to submit my resignation to the President of the republic, after two years of work," Akecha said in a Facebook post on Monday.
On July 25, the Tunisian president removed Mechichi from the post of Prime Minister and suspended all activities of the Assembly of People's Representatives, the country's Parliament.
It is pretty obvious that the President has assumed both legislative and executive powers and thus reigns supreme.
