Head of Tunisia's constitution committee says draft will be handed to President on Monday

Head of Tunisia's constitution committee says draft will be handed to President on Monday
A democratic constitution draft will be handed to Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Monday, according to the head of the country's constitution committee.
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The president intends to put the new constitution to a referendum on July 25 [Getty]

The head of Tunisia's constitution committee said he will hand over the new draft constitution to the president on Monday, and added that it will be a democratic constitution.

Sadok Belaid, a former law professor who was named by president Kais Saied to write "a new constitution for a new republic", said it would be ready on time.

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The president intends to put the new constitution to a referendum on July 25, though the opposition has said it will boycott the plebiscite. 

(Reuters)