Tunisia’s influential labor union Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) launched, on Saturday, a boycott of the upcoming elections, due to the president’s policies and economic plans.
The union stated it will no longer accept what it called a threat to democracy.
The UGTT union has more than one million members and has shown in past strikes that it is capable of bringing down the whole economy.
The majority of political parties are not participating in the election that will be held on Dec. 17 over their disagreement with the president’s directives, which include bringing the electoral commission under his control. They believe that, in such situation, the new parliament will have no authority.