Tunis, 25 July 2021 – The Tunisian president Kais Saed, at the end of an emergency meeting with the top security and armed forces, announced in a video that he had the work of the Parliament has been frozen and has the immunity of all deputies was lifted, based on art. 80 of the Constitution.
Saied also made it known that he had fired – always using the same article – the premier Hichem Mechichi and to place himself temporarily at the helm of an executive, before the appointment of a new head of government.
It’s about a exceptional procedure never followed and from unpublished developments, which comes after one day of clashes and tensions in various cities of the country on the day of the 64th anniversary of the proclamation of the Tunisian Republic. Following the announcement of the president people poured into the streets with scenes of jubilation, fireworks, honking in the main streets of the capital.
At the announcement of Saied the president of the Tunisian Chamber, Rashed Ghannouchi, exponent of the Islamist party Ennahda, reacted by saying: “The institutions are still in place, the supporters of Ennahda and the Tunisian people will defend the revolution“.
Appeals to take to the streets have been circulating on Facebook for several days, by unidentified groups. The demonstrators also called for a change to the constitution and a transition period run by the army, while keeping Saied as head of state.
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