Assembly: How the Sages of the Constitutional Council Refused to Be Sidelined

The constitutional revision proposed by the PASTEF majority aimed to replace the Constitutional Council (7 members) with a Constitutional Court (9 members), with new appointment rules. The Sages invalidated the reform, refusing to approve a text that would lead to their own replacement and the abolition of their institution. In doing so, they avoided an 'institutional hara-kiri' and asserted their independence from political considerations.