“But the president has suspended Parliament – so he’s appointed Najla Bouden Romdhane as prime minister, but there’ll be no parliamentary approval of this,” he said.įormer parliamentary officer Cherif El Kadhi said Romdhane may form a cabinet that will be “formally approved” by a swearing-in ceremony in front of the president. “Ordinarily under Tunisia’s constitutional system, the president appoints a prime minister, who then appoints members of her cabinet and this all has to be approved by Parliament,” Smith said. The new government should respond to the demands and dignity of Tunisians in all fields, including health, transport and education, he added.Īl Jazeera’s Bernard Smith, reporting from Tunis, said Romdhane will be under considerable pressure as she has been “thrust right into the heart of the spotlight”. Saied said the new government’s main mission would be to “put an end to the corruption and chaos that have spread throughout many state institutions”. He repeatedly emphasised the “historic” nomination of a woman, calling it “an honour for Tunisia and a homage to Tunisian women”. Saied’s office published a video of him meeting Romdhane in his office and charging her with presenting a cabinet “in the coming hours or days”. President Kais Saied meets with newly appointed Prime Minister Najla Bouden Romdhane in Tunis He named Romdhane under provisions he announced last week and has asked her to form a new government quickly, the presidency said on social media. Last week he brushed aside much of the constitution to say he could rule largely by decree. Saied dismissed the previous prime minister, suspended Parliament and assumed wide executive powers in July, and has been under growing domestic and international pressure to form a new government.
Romdhane will take office at a time of national crisis, with the democratic gains won in a 2011 revolution in doubt and as a major threat looms over public finances.
Tunisian President Kais Saied has named Najla Bouden Romdhane, a little-known university engineer who worked with the World Bank, as the country’s first female prime minister, nearly two months after he seized most powers in a move his foes call a coup.
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