Tunisian democracy in crisis after president ousts government By Reuters – Investing.com

Tunisian democracy in crisis after president ousts government By Reuters – Investing.com

By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia faced its biggest crisis in a decade of democracy on Monday after President Kais Saied ousted the government and froze the activities of parliament, a move his foes labelled a coup that should be opposed on the street.

In a statement late on Sunday, Saied invoked the constitution to dismiss Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/tunisian-president-relieves-prime-minister-his-post-2021-07-25 and decree a freeze of the parliament for a period of 30 days, saying he would govern alongside a new premier.