Tunisia’s president said on Tuesday his proposed constitution would not restore authoritarian rule, hitting back at criticism from across the political spectrum and urging people to support it in this month’s referendum. Saied, who ousted the elected parliament last summer to rule by decree in a step his foes call a coup, has published adraft of a new constitution that would greatly expand his powers while weakening checks on his actions. The president’s supporters say he is standing up to elite forces whose bungling and corruption have condemned Tunisia to a decade of political paralysis and …