The dimensions and roots of the political crisis in Tunisia are still unclear, despite the fact that three days have passed since the Tunisian president ousted the removal of the prime minister and abolished the powers of parliament and the immunity of its members, some call it a blatant “coup” against the constitution and democracy, while others see it as necessary to get Tunisia back on track.
Of course, here we are dealing with the external dimension of the Tunisian crisis; because some say, if it were not for the intervention of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and France and their efforts to eliminate the Muslim Brotherhood, including the Ennahda party led by Rashid al-Ghannouchi, Tunisia would not have witnessed the current developments.
Mujtahid, a well-known Saudi whistleblower, called the events in Tunisia a coup by the president to overthrow the Islamist Ennahda party.
Mujtahid wrote on his Twitter account: “The coup was carried out with the cooperation of al-Sisi, bin Zayed, bin Salman and France. The demonstration in Tunisia under the title (October 25) was similar to the June 30 demonstration in Egypt. The coup plotters took large numbers of left-wing party mercenaries to the streets to protest the president’s decisions, but not enough to prove popular enthusiasm, and Al-Arabiya and other media outlets were forced to forge and use images of old demonstrations and falsely portray them as demonstrations and popular joy at the president’s decisions.”
On the other hand, some believe that the current developments in Tunisia are purely internal affairs and have not been interfered in foreign affairs, and on the other hand, the Tunisian president’s measures have targeted those who are at a dead end and Tunisia failed to deal with the Corona crisis. But the reason why the Saudi and UAE regimes are riding the wave of the Tunisian crisis is their efforts to oust their stubborn enemy; The Muslim Brotherhood is in power. Experts with such a view point to the public discrepancy between the positions of Tunisian President Qais Saeed on the Palestinian issue, normalization, the axis of resistance and other issues in the Arab region with the positions of Muslim and Ben zaid (Saudi and Emirati crown princes) on these issues. Saeed’s position on normalization with the Zionist regime was clear; and he is a staunch opponent of the “deal of the century” for which Ben-Muslim and Ben-Zayed are warming the market. Saeed was quoted as saying about the plan: “Today is the case of the usurper regime, which must end its actions and displace the Palestinians. Normalization is the greatest betrayal, and any party that has a relationship with the usurper regime is a traitor. “Palestine is not a bargaining chip.”
In short, despite all the talk about the current developments in Tunisia, we have to wait a while and see the next steps of the Tunisian president to find out whether the crisis is due to Tunisia’s internal political tensions or the result of foreign intervention or the result.