In Tunisia, deans of law faculties refuse to join advisory panel for drafting new constitution

Leading Tunisian academics on [24 May] rejected participation on a panel named by President Kais Saied to draft a new constitution, another setback for Saied as opposition spreads against his plans to restructure the political system. Last week, Saied named by a decree Sadok Belaid, a law professor, to head an advisory committee that included law and political science deans, excluding political parties from the constitutional process.  "We express our adherence to the neutrality of the university and to distance it from the political issues," the deans said in statement reported by state media, turning down the appointments. [...] Saied, who took executive power and dissolved parliament to rule by decree, has since said he will replace the democratic 2014 constitution with a new constitution via a July 25 referendum and hold new parliamentary elections in December.
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