Tunisia's President Kais Saied, who was elected president after running as an independent in 2019, began a series of power-grab measures in the summer of 2021 that concentrated executive, legislative and judicial powers in his hands. 

His opponents have termed Saied's power consolidation a coup. His latest move was pushing for a new constitution that would replace the 2014 constitution, a cornerstone of the post-revolution changes towards democracy in Tunisia. 

The law professor-turned-politician received a draft on Monday of the new constitution handed to him by Sadeq Belaid, a veteran legal expert in charge of the committee drafting the new charter. 

We are joined by:  Dr Shingai Mutizwa-Mangiza is an independent political analyst, Professor Mammo Muchie is an academic and Africa analyst at the Tshwane University of Technology and Ibrahim Dean is a Middle East Africa analyst…