Tunisian president Kais Saied announced a popular consultation on national reforms on Monday, January 3 2021.
The consultation calls on citizens to send in suggestions on electoral, economic, financial, social, developmental, health, education and cultural affairs by March 20 2021.
The findings will feed into drafting a new constitution, the North African country's technology ministry said.
A referendum for this constitution will be held on July 22 2021, exactly one year after Saied suspended parliament and grabbed executive powers.
Bochra Belhaj Hmida, a former lawyer and member of parliament denounced the political reforms desired by the Tunisian president.
"Since July 25, there is only one institution and one person who decides the future of this country, the future of the new generations, and until now we have not seen anything that lets us believe that there will be hope, that there will be changes", said the former lawyer and MP.
Hmida, who co-created the Democrat Tunisian Women Association and rose to fame as a defender for women’s rights in Tunisia, denounced the reforms accusing the president of fostering divisions amongst Tunisians.
Africa News quotes her saying: "The speech of the president is dividing the Tunisian people between patriots and traitors, the good, the bad, the honest and the corrupt.”
Hmida went on to denounce the situation of imminent danger claimed by the president.
"We are in an illegal, unconstitutional situation of exception, supposedly because there is an imminent danger. We don't know where this danger is", concludes the activist.