Al-Tahir bin Hussein criticizes the continuing institutional vacuum and the disruption of constitutional bodies

Political activist Taher bin Hussain on 31 October 2026 criticized the continuation of years-old institutional vacuum in Tunisia, pointing out that disrupting the establishment of constitutional bodies and elected municipal councils directly affects the country's constitution.

Ben-Hussein stressed that disrupting the focus of these bodies establishes a state of institutional vacuum, highlighting the absence of the Constitutional Court despite more than four years since the adoption of the Constitution of 25 July 2022, and emphasizing the danger of this situation continuing on the balance of institutions.

The legal framework regulates the composition of the defunct Constitutional Court through Chapter VI and specifically Section 125 of the Constitution of 2022, where it provides for its formation of 9 judges from the senior judges of the Courts of Cassation, Accountability and Administrative Court to ensure that the constitutionality of laws is monitored.

The pending procedural steps relate to completing the path of appointment of the nine Constitutional Court judges to direct their constitutionally defined legal duties, as well as setting an official date for holding local elections with a view to renewing municipal councils and ending interim governance.