TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) â Tunisian authorities jailed an opposition lawmaker Friday and charged four members of the powerful Islamist movement Ennahdha in the wake of the president s decision to seize exceptional powers, according to Tunisian media reports.
The Ennahdha members were detained and brought before investigating judges who handed them charges of with trying to incite violence outside the parliament building after President Kais Saied s announcement Sunday, according to the official TAP news agency.
Saied suspended parliament, lifted the immunity of parliament members, fired the prime minister and took control of the executive branch. He said the move was necessary to save the country amid public anger at the government over joblessness, rising prices and one of Africaâs worst coronavirus outbreaks.
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