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Tunisian president Kais Saied announced Sunday he was invoking emergency constitutional powers to assume total executive control of the nation following a wave of protests.
Saied, a political independent, removed the prime minister, defense minister, and justice minister from their posts and suspended the country’s parliament, he announced in a televised
address Sunday. The announcement came amid a series of protests against the Islamist group Ennahda, Tunisia’s largest political party, the
The Tunisian army was deployed around the parliament building to prevent members of parliament from entering it, according to the Guardian. Saied’s actions were met with celebrations from crowds in the nation’s capital, Tunis.
Tunisian president sacks prime minister, freezes parliament
Crowds of people quickly flooded the capital and other cities, cheering and honking car horns in scenes that recalled the revolution, which triggered the Arab Spring protests that convulsed the Middle East.
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Supporters of Tunisia s President Kais Saied gather on the streets after he dismissed the government and froze parliament, in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, July 25, 2021. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
TUNIS, July 25 (Reuters) - Tunisia s president dismissed the government and froze parliament on Sunday, prompting crowds to fill major cities in support of a move that dramatically escalated a political crisis, but that his opponents called a coup.
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A man reacts as police officers detain a demonstrator during an anti-government protest in Tunis, Tunisia, July 25, 2021. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
Tunisia’s president dismissed the government and froze parliament on Sunday in a dramatic escalation of a political crisis that his opponents labelled a coup, calling their own supporters to come onto the streets in protest.
President Kais Saied said he would assume executive authority with the assistance of a new prime minister, in the biggest challenge yet to the democratic system Tunisia introduced in a 2011 revolution.
Crowds of people quickly flooded the capital and other cities to support Saied, cheering and honking car horns in scenes that recalled the revolution, which triggered the Arab Spring protests that convulsed the Middle East.
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By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall
President Kais Saied said he would assume executive authority with the assistance of a new prime minister, in the biggest challenge yet to the democratic system Tunisia introduced in a 2011 revolution.
Crowds of people quickly flooded the capital and other cities to support Saied, cheering and honking car horns in scenes that recalled the revolution https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/sacking-tunisian-parliament-latest-step-along-bumpy-road-since-revolution-2021-07-25, which triggered the Arab Spring protests that convulsed the Middle East.
Tunisian democracy in crisis after president ousts government
Supporters of Tunisia s biggest political party, the moderate Islamist Ennahda, take cover from stones thrown at them by supporters of President Kais Saied, outside the parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi reuters tickers
This content was published on July 26, 2021 - 11:37
July 26, 2021 - 11:37
By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall
TUNIS (Reuters) - 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.