This comes amid growing fears among the opposition about what it says are “attempts to rig the elections and consolidate the president’s grip.” Qais Saeed“.
Parliament’s move angered the opposition and civil society groups, which called for a new protest against the draft law in front of Parliament headquarters in Bardo Square.
And you will run Elections Next October 6th.
The bill removes the authority to adjudicate electoral disputes from the Administrative Court, which this month ordered the Electoral College to return three prominent candidates for the presidential election.
But the authority defied the court, which is the highest judicial body in election-related disputes, and allowed only two candidates, Zuhair Al-Maghzawi and Al-Ayachi Zamal, to run against Saeed.
The Administrative Court is widely viewed as the last independent judicial body, after Saied dissolved the Supreme Judicial Council and dismissed dozens of members. Judges In 2022.
Representatives in Parliament said that they proposed the draft law because they believe that the Administrative Court is no longer impartial and is moving toward canceling the election results, which may plunge the country into chaos. Chaos And the constitutional vacuum.
Critics say Saied is using the self-appointed electoral college and the judiciary to ensure victory.
The president denies the accusations, and says that he is waging a liberation battle and fighting “traitors, mercenaries, and the corrupt.”
