Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly has finally voted on each of the articles of the new constitution, completing the draft document, including the much debated Article 6 on religious freedom. It still must vote on the overall document as a whole, and must be adopted by a two-thirds majority to avoid going to a national referendum, which might prove divisive.
The constitutional process has been long, but one which saw much compromise between secular and Islamist parties, and has produced a document genuinely hammered out through negotiation, in contrast to Egypt's newly-adopted charter.
You can find an English translation of those articles that had been adopted up to a couple of days ago here.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
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Let's hope the 2/3 vote is secured. It would be a real shame if the people of Tunisia got to vote on the constitution and probably not democratic at all to boot.
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