Tunisia Parliament Delays Confidence Vote On New Govt

Tunisia's parliament on Monday postponed a planned Tuesday session intended to give confidence to the new cabinet of Prime Minister Habib Essid.



"The vote has been postponed because heads of political parties are still at odds over parliament's bylaws," Mohamed al-Torodi, head of parliament's bylaw committee, told The Anadolu Agency.



He said parliament's bylaws should be ratified first before the assembly votes to give confidence to the new government.



"A meeting will be held on Wednesday to settle differences over the bylaws," he said.



Parliament was scheduled to hold a session on Tuesday to give confidence to Essid's new government.



The Islamist Ennahda movement and the leftist Popular Front have both rejected Essid's government.



On Monday, the Afek Tounes party also said it would oppose Essid's government.



In Tunisia's 217-seat parliament, the secular Nidaa Tounes party holds 86 seats, while Ennahda holds 69. The Popular Front and Afek Tounes have 15 and eight seats respectively.



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