In July 2021, Tunisian President Kais Saied staged a presidential coup, fired Prime Minister Hisham Mchichi, suspended the parliament and ruled by decree, arrogating broad legislative and executive powers. He ordered the army to surround the parliament, stopped paying the parliamentary deputies’ salaries and rescinded their immunity from prosecution before jailing a few of them, […]
Tunisia’s President Tightens His Grip on Power
The country has joined the club of failed democracies.
