Tunisia President Indicates Plans To Amend Constitution

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has indicated plans to change the country’s constitution, seven weeks after he seized power in moves his opponents called a coup.<br />Saied says he respected the 2014 democratic constitution but that it was not eternal and could be amended.<br />He says amendments must be made within the framework of the constitution. The president was planning to suspend the constitution and offer an amended version via a referendum, prompting opposition from political parties and the powerful UGTT labour union.