The secretary-general of Tunisia’s highly effective UGTT union claimed on Saturday that legislative elections due later this month serve no function.

Talking earlier than an viewers, Noureddine Taboubi, denounced President Kais Saied’s constitutional reforms that in his view had neutralized political events.

“We’re heading for elections with out color or style, they got here because of a structure that was not participatory, and there was no room for consensus or majority approval”, stated Taboubi. 

The union official left the specter of motion hanging within the air.

“We warn the federal government in opposition to any measures focusing on fundamental supplies and resulting in the hunger of the individuals, and we think about the key agreements it has reached with the Worldwide Financial Fund as non-binding for wage earners, and they’ll confront them in all reputable and militant methods”, threatened the secretary-general.

Final 12 months, President Kais Saied sacked the federal government and suspended parliament.

 This 12 months Saied prolonged his energy seize with a constitutional referendum marred by an official turnout of barely 30 p.c.