BIC Reacts to the 2022 Tunisian Constitutional Referendum
On 25 January Tunisians voted on a referendum for a new constitution which gives large prerogatives to President Kais Saied with little to no counter-powers, no accountability and the absence of guarantees for a separation of powers. The referendum came a year after President Saied suspended the Parliament and fired his Prime Minister, giving himself almost absolute power, in what political opponents denounced as a constitutional coup.
In Southern Iraq, protesters welcome election results with mixed feelings
Nasiriyah, in Iraq's poor southern heartland, has been at the epicentre of protests since the revolution of October 2019. Recent parliamentary elections, held nationwide on October 10, are unlikely to answer the demands of the city’s demonstrators who are still seeking justice for the bloody crackdown on their movement.