; Whereas the new draft constitution was approved despite historically low voter turnout and heavy domestic and international criticism surrounding the lack of genuine debate or input throughout the drafting process; Whereas, on September 16, 2022, President Saied issued Decree Law 54 which criminalizes the use of information systems to publish or circulate false information that infringes on the rights of others or jeopardizes public safety or national defense or spreads terror among the population , or with the aim of defaming others, tarnishing their reputations, or causing them financial and moral harm ; Whereas, as of November 2022, the government had opened at least 5 criminal investigations under Decree Law 54 for conduct comprising the exercise of freedom of expression; Whereas, on September 15, 2022, President Saied released a new election law that increases his control over the electoral process and weakens the role of political parties in Tunisia’s political system; Whereas, on March 9, 2023, President Saied announced plans to dissolve municipal councils whose election in 2018 had symbolized a first step toward much-needed political decentralization; Whereas, between 2021 to 2023, Tunisia experienced— (1) a dramatic drop in voter participation and public confidence in the political process; and (2) an escalation in politically motivated arrests of political opponents, judges, lawyers, journalists, business leaders, and other critics; and Whereas President Saied’s actions have dramatically undermined Tunisia’s nascent democracy, co-opted and weakened its democratic institutions, and have threatened to return the country to authoritarianism: Now, therefore, be it