“In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate…We, the representatives of
the Tunisian people, members of the National Constituent Assembly… With a view to
building a republican, democratic and participatory system, … where the state
guarantees the supremacy of the law and the respect for freedoms and human rights,
the independence of the judiciary, the equality of rights and duties between all citizens,
male and female, and equality between all regions; We, in the name of the Tunisian
people, with the help of God, draft this Constitution”.