Tunisia union rejects any formal dialogue over political reforms

FILE PHOTO: A man walks walk enter of the headquarters of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) in Tunis, Tunisia, November 24,2018. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's powerful UGTT labour union rejected on Friday any formal dialogue over political reforms that marginalise political and social forces in the country and include "ready-made decisions", after President Kais Saied said the general trends towards a new constitution were clear.

Saied, who seized control of the government last July and later dissolved parliament in a move his opponents called a coup, has said he would appoint a committee in the coming days to draft a new constitution and establish a ‮"‬new republic‮"‬.