The Democratic Transition In Tunisia Wilson Center Radwan masmoudi, president of center for the study of islam and democracy (csid), discusses tunisia’s democratic transition and perspectives for building a national consensus over the new constitution. Tunisia’s transition to democracy, widely regarded as the most successful to emerge from the five uprisings that shook the arab world in 2011, is being seriously threatened by violence in the wake of a prominent leftist politician’s assassination in early february.
Tunisia S Democratic Transition Challenges Perspectives Wilson Center Key to this transformation is saied’s alignment with global powers like china and russia, distancing tunisia from traditional western partnerships and prioritizing democratic reform. this pivot allows saied to secure economic support while bypassing pressures for democratization. The tunisian parliamentary election that took place on october 26 has been widely hailed as a rare and heartening success story. it was a moment of bloodless democratic transition in a broader middle east that appears to be crumbling daily into anarchy, from the lawless militia zone of libya to the killing grounds of syria and iraq. The two rival faces of political islam gained ground in tunisia after the 2011 arab uprising, which ended autocratic rule. a transition government granted amnesty to leaders of islamist movements—both militant and non violent—and allowed them to openly preach or gain legal status as a party. The president of tunisia, kais saied at press conference with libyan presidential council head, mohamed menfi. image credit.
10 Years Later How Tunisia Managed The Democratic Transition The two rival faces of political islam gained ground in tunisia after the 2011 arab uprising, which ended autocratic rule. a transition government granted amnesty to leaders of islamist movements—both militant and non violent—and allowed them to openly preach or gain legal status as a party. The president of tunisia, kais saied at press conference with libyan presidential council head, mohamed menfi. image credit. Tunisia’s transition to democracy is seriously threatened by violence following the assassination of a prominent leftist politician in february, according to a new paper by david ottaway. Dozens of parties now exist on paper and over twenty are seated in the 217 member national assembly. the number of parties is a threat to tunisian democracy. most parties are too small, ephemeral, and fragmented to represent the interests of their constituents effectively. Eddy acevedo, wilson center chief of staff and senior advisor the the president, testified before the house foreign affairs committee's subcommittee on middle east, north africa and global counterterrorism on "tunisia: examining the state of democracy and next steps for u.s. policy.". Dozens of parties now exist on paper and over twenty are seated in the 217 member national assembly. the number of parties is a threat to tunisian democracy. most parties are too small, ephemeral, and fragmented to represent the interests of their constituents effectively.