Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Tunisia president accused of staging coup after suspending parliament | Tunisia | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Kais Saied invokes emergency article of constitution after violent protests against country’s biggest party Quote Often touted as the lone success story of the Arab spring revolutions a decade ago, Tunisia is facing a critical challenge to its fledgling democracy after its president suspended parliament and dismissed his prime minister in what critics described as a coup. Kais Saied, an independent without a party behind him, announced he was invoking an emergency article of Tunisia’s constitution late on Sunday night after a day of violent protests against the country’s biggest party, the moderate Islamist Ennahda movement. On Monday, Saied also removed the defence minister and acting justice minister from their posts, while Al Jazeera reported that its bureau in Tunis had been raided by security forces. Its journalists were expelled from the premises and phones, computers and other equipment confiscated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 I'm no expert in Tunisian parliamentary procedures, but I think most parliaments have some way to be dissolved that doesn't involve the army forcing everyone including the media out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 Tunisia in turmoil as president purges officials and seizes judicial power | Tunisia | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Days after PM’s overthrow fears grow that Kais Saied will undo democratic gains achieved by Arab spring Quote Tunisia’s president has launched a purge of senior officials, including prosecutors and judges, and taken on judicial powers, days after overthrowing the prime minister and imposing emergency law. Kais Saied’s crackdown has dragged the country deeper into uncertainty days after its elected parliament was suspended for a month in a shock move that brought a decade of faltering democracy to a sudden halt. The actions of Saied, a relative newcomer to politics, have been widely labelled a coup, and there are fears that the north African state could end up with the sort of autocratic regime that ruled it for decades until the Arab spring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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