It all started 3 months ago in the Constituent Assembly’s Finance Committee. One Constituent Assembly member, who does not sit on the committee, anonymously confided to me: “It was one of the first things they discussed.”
Assemblée Constituante 116
Proposition d’instauration d’une instance supérieure indépendante pour la transparence
Notre révolution du 14 janvier 2011 ou du 17 décembre 2010 selon les points de vue, fut une révolution dont les principales demandes furent la liberté et la dignité du citoyen tunisien, elle a pris son cours depuis les élections du 23 octobre…
Assembly By-Laws and Reality: Let’s Play Pretend.
On December 16, 2011, the Tunisian Constituent Assembly passed the internal bylaws it was to operate under for the duration of its mandate. The bylaws cover everything from the procedural regulations that first established the assembly’s committees and subcommittees to the number of unexcused absences
Constituent Assembly Response to Voting Cheats: Life Goes On
To vote constitutes an elemental right of the citizens of any functioning democracy, and acts dually as an entrusted responsibility of the officials that are elected. These officials are to vote on issues that we, as citizens, give them permission to represent…
Constituent Assembly Budget Negotiations: Coffee, Tea, and Cigarettes
Since last Thursday, the national Constituent Assembly has been discussing the national budget proposed by Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. Until yesterday, the assembly discussed the budget in a general fashion – today, assembly members are going through the budget proposal
Mission Impossible : Access to Information in the Constituent Assembly
Being at the Constituent Assembly nearly everyday for the past month or so has not, contrary to what people may think, helped me get most important documents out to the public. Until this day, there is no systemic way of accessing crucial information on committee work
Les nouvelles excuses de la commission des blessés de la révolution
Jeudi dernier, la session matinale de la séance plenière devait en effet traiter des dossiers des martyrs. Pourtant, en raison des événements du 9 avril et des tensions qu’ils ont causé, la conversation a vite tournée à un débat rhétorique.
Now, a Wave of Excuses Surfaces in Treating Victims of the Uprisings
The commission specially dedicated to the revolution’s wounded and martyrs meets once a week – while the “foundational” commissions meet three times a week, each Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Increased pressure was placed on the assembly this past week.
