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CIDOB opinion 658. MARCH 2021 CIDOB opinion 658. MARCH 2021
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F
ish rots from the head downwards” is an old Arab saying that well
describes the current situation in Tunisia. The head here includes
the leaders of the two parties with most deputies in the Assemblée
des Représentants du Peuple (ARP), Rachid Ghannouchi, who combines
chairing parliament and leading the Islamist Nahda party and the leader
of Qalb Tunes, Nabil Karoui, a TV mogul who is in prison on charges of
money laundering. It also includes Hichem Mechichi, who betrayed pres-
ident Kais Saied, whose legal adviser he was at the presidential Palace of
Carthage after he was appointed by his boss to the post of prime minister
in August 2021. The ARP, where shifting alliances between deputies for
reasons of corruption are common is deeply unpopular. What passes for
democratic politics in Tunis has become in the words of one former min-
ister “a swamp”.
Kais Saied is a former professor of constitutional law and a social conser-
vative. He often evokes the memory of the second caliph after the prophet
Mohamed, Umar Ibn al-Khuttab, a Muslim jurist who was referred to in his
lifetime as Al-Farooq (”he who distinguishes between right and wrong”)
and became, in the Sunni tradition, the parangon of virtue. The constitution
of 2014 was poorly drafted and does not dene clearly the prerogatives of
the head of state, government and the ARP. The president sees himself as
the guardian of the rule of law because the functioning of the constitutional
court has been de facto blocked by Nahda since its inception. He also con-
demns corruption which has spread like gangrene since the revolution of
2011 and is sinking the Tunisian economy in very strong terms. Kais Saied
goes on frequent walkabouts in Tunisian towns and is not afraid of making
populist speeches telling young people they have no hope of getting jobs so
MARCH
2021
658
E-ISSN 2014-0843
D.L.: B-8438-2012
CIDOB opinion
CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA:
Fish rots from the head down
wards
Francis Ghilès, Senior Associate Researcher, CIDOB
@FrancisGhiles
What passes for democratic politics in Tunis has become in the words of one
former minister “a swamp”. The dire economic and social consequences of
Covid-19 have fuelled popular discontent which provoked sporadic rioting
last month on the tenth anniversary of the revolution. Corruption is sinking
the Tunisian economy. Twenty five years of hard work have been undone
since 2011.
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