Law professor Sadok Belaid named to head committee in Tunisia to draft a new constitution
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- Published Date: 08:44 | 20 May 2022
- Modified Date: 08:51 | 20 May 2022
The Tunisian president Kais Saied named on Friday Sadok Belaid, the veteran law professor to head an advisory committee tasked with drafting a new constitution to establish "a new republic", the presidency said on Friday.
Saied, said he would draft a new constitution that would move Tunisia from pain to hope, after near a year since he seized control of the executive powers, dismissed parliament, and started ruling by decree, in a move his opponents described as a coup.
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