Tunisia plunged deeper into political crisis as President Kais Saied tightened his grip on power, dismissing top government officials and deploying military forces around the prime minister’s office in a dramatic move that opponents called a coup attempt
Tunisia plunged deeper into political crisis on Monday as President Kais Saied tightened, dismissing top government officials and deploying military forces around the prime minister’s office in a dramatic move that opponents called a coup attempt.
The president had fired Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, suspended Tunisia’s parliament and stripped lawmakers of parliamentary immunity on Sunday. He said the country faced one of the most threatening situations in its history following violent protests in which demonstrators decried Tunisia’s struggling economy and a Covid-19 outbreak that has deeply strained the healthcare system.
Tunisia’s state news agency Tunis Afrique Presse reported Monday that Mr. Saied also dismissed the defense minister and acting justice minister effective a day earlier. Military forces had been deployed around the prime minister’s office, according to the news agency. Mr. Mechichi hasn’t been seen in public since Sunday, officials said.
Mr. Saied also issued a decree on Monday declaring a nighttime curfew from 7 p.m. local time to 6 a.m., and a ban on gatherings of more than three people, according to the news agency. Earlier on Monday, Rached Ghannouchi, the speaker of parliament, called on Tunisians to unite “against this coup attempt and a return to dictatorship, and to defend their freedoms and democracy,” according to a Twitter post by Ennahdha, a political party to which he belongs. He spoke in front of the parliament building, according to the party, after security forces blocked him from entering the building. Mr.
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