It follows a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday, and gives his unelected government of technocrats a greater mandate.
What is this unelected government doing, rejecting an increase in financial help for vulnerable people?
People have chosen to live in this world rather than it being enforced from above by an unelected and unaccountable government.
But the announcement today underscored the control that the army continues to exercise in an unelected civilian government.
"The period in which an unelected government should take control of this country must be short and for few months only," the ayatollah said.
But the 'Fourth Estate' is a big part of the unelected permanent government that in many ways does more to run the country than the politicians.
Eric, however, has apprehension over this new "unelected" government and their "right" to change the Constitution.
Sad Tories lurking to make comments - 12 months to go before your unelected government collapses.
He said that the Commission is an unelected government.
The majority of the Tunisian people have no trust in this temporary, unelected government.