Tunisian democracy in crisis after president ousts government
by yalibnan
July 27, 2021
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Street clashes erupted on Monday outside Tunisia’s army-barricaded parliament, a day after President Kais Saied ousted the prime minister and suspended the legislature, plunging the young democracy into a constitutional crisis. Saied sacked Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and ordered parliament closed for 30 days, a move that was decried by the biggest political party Ennahdha
Tunisia faced its worst crisis in a decade of democracy on Monday after President Kais Saied ousted the government and froze parliament with help from the army in a move denounced as a coup by the main parties including Islamists. Lawyer and Tunisian Constitution Specialist Daniel Fellous tells us more.
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