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TUNIS, July 26 (Reuters) - Soon after Tunisia s President Kais Saied said he had ousted the government, tens of thousands of people poured into city streets to applaud a move decried by his critics as a coup.
As they cheered, ululated, honked car horns and let off fireworks, Said s supporters revelled in his decision and in the perceived downfall of the moderate Islamist Ennahda, the biggest party in parliament and his main political opponent.
It showed how a decade after Tunisia s 2011 revolution that introduced democracy, street activism remains a potentially powerful force - and one that could lead to confrontation after Ennahda called for people to protest against Saied.