Tunisian Presidency: The July 25 referendum will approve a new constitution for the country

While controversy continues in Tunisia over the referendum that President Kais Saied intends to implement next summer, the Tunisian presidency announced, on Sunday, that the referendum will approve a new constitution for the country.

The Tunisian presidency announced, on Sunday, that the popular referendum scheduled for next July 25 will approve a new constitution for the country.

The presidency said, in a Facebook statement: "The President of the Republic, Qais Saeed, met today, Sunday, in the Palace of Carthage, Brigadier Sadiq Belaid, and Brigadier General Mohamed Saleh bin Isa (two professors in the constitutional law at the Tunisian University)."

"The meeting touched on the legal situation and ways to achieve the popular will for the establishment of a new republic in Tunisia," she added.

The meeting also dealt with "a set of axes related to the upcoming constitution for Tunisia, which will be prepared and then approved by referendum on July 25, 2022," according to the statement.

A few weeks ago, Saeed announced that the referendum would be held on July 25.

At that time, he contented himself with saying that the aim of the referendum was for everyone to express their opinion on the nature of the political system, and then a committee would begin later to formulate the results of the referendum into a legal text.

Opponents accuse Saeed of wanting to transform the country into a presidential system, accumulating powers in his own hands, and excluding parties from the political scene.

While Saeed stated more than once that he seeks to eliminate what he said is corruption in the political system.