Tunisian President Kais Saied announces he has assumed the powers of chief executive after suspending the country's parliament and dismissing Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi
In a photo taken from the television station of President Kais Saied, Presidnet Saied announces, the dissolution of parliament and Prime Minister Mechichi's government on July 25, 2021 at Carthage Palace, Tunis, Tunisia.
Tunisians rose up in revolution in 2011 against decades of autocracy, installing a democratic system that ensured new freedoms but has not delivered economic prosperity. Soon after the statement, cars filled the streets of Tunis in defiance of a Covid-19 curfew, as supporters of Saied honked horns and cheered from the windows.
"We consider the institutions still standing, and the supporters of the Ennahda and the Tunisian people will defend the revolution," he added, raising the prospect of confrontations between supporters of Ennahda and Saied. Saied and the parliament were both elected in separate popular votes in 2019, while Mechichi took office last summer, replacing another short-lived government.Cradle of 'Arab Spring'
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