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Tunisia, protests and demonstrations, assault on the Ennahdha offices

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TUNIS – Tunisia is back in the streets. Hundreds of people demonstrated in Tunis and other cities to demand the resignation of the premier Hichem Mechichi and the dissolution of Parliament. The protests coincide with the 64th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic, with the country going through a deep crisis, between the lockdown imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic and serious economic difficulties. Tunisian politics has been in an impasse since Prime Minister Mechichi announced a government reshuffle on January 16, but the president Kais Saied he refused to hold a ceremony for the inauguration of the new ministers.

The protests, called by a group called the “25 July Movement”, resulted in street violence. In Tunis, the police blocked the streets leading to Parliament and Avenue Bourghiba, the capital’s living room and the epicenter of the 2010-2011 revolution that led to the fall of the dictatorship of Ben Ali.

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Officers used tear gas to disperse demonstrators and made several arrests. Clashes also occurred in Nabeul, Sousse, Kairouan, Sfax and Tozeur. Some demonstrators broke into the offices of the Islamic party Ennahdha, the dominant force in Parliament. In the videos circulating online, smoke is seen coming out of the building; Computers were damaged and protesters threw documents on the street. For the party it was “a terrorist attack” launched by “groups of anarchists with populist and anti-democratic slogans”.

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