The plenary kicked off at 11:15 on the morning of Friday 10th January, launching straight into the middle of a vote on a proposed amendment to add a new article to the end of Chapter Two, protecting the right to work and “economic initiative” or free enterprise, proposed by Fattoum Attia (Ennahdha Party). There

– Election of President of new Independent High Commission for Elections – Adoption of articles 44 to 48 – Launch of process for selecting members of the new Truth and Dignity Commission The Assembly witnessed yesterday a mix of heated scenes and recriminations, as well as a final vote on presidency of the Independent High

Wednesday witnessed the arrival of the vote by the National Constituent Assembly on the composition of the new High Commission for Elections (Instance Superieure Independante pour les Elections, ISIE), a moment that had been delayed since the previous Sunday. To put this into context, the composition of the ISIE and announcement of elections form one

The National Constituent Assembly continued its progress through Chapter Two of the draft constitution on Rights and Liberties. A number of significant provisions were adopted recognizing and obligating the state to ensure respect for the right to health, education, work and culture. The Assembly had adopted a number of key civil and political rights at

Following a busy evening session that ended at 10 p.m. on Sunday night, the National Constituent Assembly plenary resumed on Monday at 11.30 a.m. after morning meetings of the Consensus Committee and the ISIE nominations committee. First up in the discussions was a new request – a petition by a number of deputies to reopen

After achieving a relativey swift pace of discussion on Saturday, Sunday brought very little progress on the discussion of the draft constitution and the spectre of deadlock once again in the Assembly. The announcement by the Speaker of the Assembly, Mustapha ben Jaafar, of a dispute between two deputies launched a polemic that saw a

Day 2: Saturday 4th January 2014 The plenary debate around the constitution resumed on Saturday morning at 10:25 with the commencement of discussions of the first chapter on “General Principles”. After the procedural confusion that had accompanied some of the discussions on Friday, Saturday’s discussion was characterized by more orderliness, with 15 articles being discussed

In this series of reports Jasmine Foundation’s team will be summarizing the discussions of the draft Tunisian constitution, put before the plenary of the National Constituent Assembly on Friday 3rd January for final discussion and voting. The process is expected to take 10 days according to the timetable set out in the Roadmap agreed under

Image: BinaaNews Summary Today marked a long-awaited moment in Tunisia’s arduous democratic transition. After two years of drafting, the fourth and final draft of the constitution will finally be debated and voted on in the plenary. The draft is the result of work by 6 assembly committees and a Coordination and Drafting Committee, a national

Tunisia has been named as the Arab world’s most democratic country in the annual democracy ranking by Global Democracy Ranking. The country is the biggest climber in the rankings out of any other country in the list, moving up 33 places since 2008. The rankings rate countries according to the quality of democracy, based on