There is no future for Tunisia without consensus among political parties and members of civil society.

The future begins today! What is important is what we do today and tomorrow for Tunisia and all its children. We must work hand in hand.

I've always maintained there is no incompatibility between Islam and democracy. The Europeans in general confuse Islam and Islamism. Islamism is a political movement that instrumentalises the religion to get to power, which has nothing to do with religion. Islam here in Tunisia is a religion of openness, of tolerance.

The democratic process is always vulnerable and threatened by terrorists, by parties that do not believe in democracy.

The political parties have lost their loyalties.

Similarly, gender-equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization.