2022 Tunisian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum is scheduled to be held in Tunisia on 25 July 2022. Background. The crisis began on 25 July 2021, after President Kais Saied announced the dismissal of the government and the freezing of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People. The president's decisions were denounced by human rights organizations and considered by several foreign media outlets and Tunisian political entities as a self-coup. The decisions came after a series of protests against Ennahda, economic difficulties, and a significant rise in COVID-19 cases in Tunisia, which led to the collapse of  the Tunisian health system. On the day of the dismissal, Speaker and Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi said the president's actions were an attack on democracy and called on his supporters to take to the streets to oppose it. Protests erupted in Tunisia in support of and opposition to the decisions of President Saied. Saied issued a decision imposing a month-long curfew, starting from 26 July from 7 p.m. until 6 a.m.. After the 30-day period expired, the President issued a decision on 24 August 2021 to extend the period of “extraordinary measures” he had announced a month  before "until further notice." By autumn the crisis had escalated. In October 2021, Najla Bouden was appointed Prime Minister, making her the first female prime minister both in Tunisia and the Arab world. She formed a new government to deal with the turbulent economic crisis. On 13 December Saied announced that a constitutional referendum would take place, stating "we want to correct the paths of the revolution and history." He also said that he would appoint a committee of experts to draft a new constitution, to be ready by June ahead of the referendum.