Tunisia’s largest labor union issued a new ‘roadmap’ Tuesday suggesting solutions to end the current political crisis, and calling for a new government to be formed within one month.
The UGTT labor union’s proposal, posted on their website, calls for talks to resolve the political deadlock that has existed since the withdrawal of opposition National Constituent Assembly (NCA) members in late July.
Tuesday’s proposal calls for a “national dialogue” session, including the president, the prime minister, the speaker of the NCA, NCA members, and representatives of political parties.
The plan further calls for the government to resign within three weeks from the start of talks. The NCA would resume its activities and finish drafting the constitution within one month with the support of a “committee of experts.”
Political and civil society actors would decide the members of a new non-partisan government within the proposed three-week deadline for the current government’s resignation. The NCA would then vote to approve the new government.
The NCA is also to complete a new electoral law within two weeks from the start of talks, according to the roadmap.
Other prominent national organizations such as the UTICA employers’ union and the Tunisian League of Human Rights also backed the roadmap.
Previous union efforts to mediate the quarrel between opposition parties and the governing coalition, led by the Ennahdha party, have failed.
Following weeks of sit-ins and protests since the July 25 death of opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi, the NCA resumed its meetings this week, but without the participation of 59 withdrawn opposition members.
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