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Sep
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Mass resignations lands Tunisia in political crisis

Mass resignations lands Tunisia in political crisis

NEWS
TAREK AMARA MORE than 100 prominent officials of Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party, including lawmakers and former ministers, resigned on Saturday in protest at the leadership's performance, the biggest blow yet to the party which is facing a severe split. Ennahda, the largest party in parliament, has been thrown into crisis by its response to President Kais Saied's sacking of the government and suspension of parliament on July 25, an intervention the opposition called a coup. In a statement, 113 senior officials from the party said they had resigned due to wrong choices by Ennahda's leadership, which had led to its…
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Sep
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia’s new transitional rules

Tunisia’s new transitional rules

NEWS
MOHAMED ARGOUBI TUNISIAN President Kais Saied has instituted transitional governing rules and would introduce a new electoral law, in a speech that came eight weeks after he seized executive power in a move his foes called a coup. Addressing supporters in Sidi Bouzid, the crucible of Tunisia's 2011 revolution that brought democracy and triggered the "Arab spring", Saied also spoke against what he called strife and sedition days after the first protest against him. Saied dismissed the prime minister, suspended parliament and assumed all governing powers on July 25 but he has yet to name a new premier or declare…
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Sep
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisians protest against president’s “coup”

Tunisians protest against president’s “coup”

NEWS
TAREK AMARA SEVERAL hundred demonstrators gathered in Tunis to protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied's seizure of governing powers in July, which triggered a constitutional crisis and prompted accusations of a coup. The protesters gathered in the centre of the capital chanting "shut down the coup" and "we want a return to legitimacy", while a few dozen Saied supporters held a counter-demonstration chanting "the people want to dissolve parliament". The protest, accompanied by a heavy police presence, was the first since Saied declared on July 25 he was sacking the prime minister, suspending parliament and assuming executive authority. Saturday's protests…
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Sep
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisian lawmaker detained trying to attend own court hearing

Tunisian lawmaker detained trying to attend own court hearing

NEWS
AN opposition member of parliament in Tunisia was detained on Friday when he tried to attend a court hearing against himself, his lawyer said, adding to concern for human rights after the president seized extra powers in July. Saif Eddine Makhlouf, a leader of the conservative Karama party and a frequent critic in parliament of President Kais Saied, was arrested by plainclothes agents as he tried to enter the military court, his lawyer Anouar Awled told Reuters. The agents took Makhlouf away in a car, a video Awled posted online showed. The judge hearing his case at the military court…
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Sep
13
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia’s President prepares to amend constitution

Tunisia’s President prepares to amend constitution

NEWS
TAREK AMARA and ANGUS McDOWALL TUNISIA’S President Kais Saied has indicated he was preparing to change the country's constitution but said he would only do so using existing constitutional means, seven weeks after he seized powers in moves his foes called a coup. The comments represented his clearest statement yet about what he intends to do next, having sworn there was "no going back" to the situation in the North African nation before his intervention on July 25. Speaking live on television in a central Tunis boulevard, Saied said he respected the 2014 democratic constitution but that it was not…
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Sep
11
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Tunisian president plans to change political system, suspend constitution’

‘Tunisian president plans to change political system, suspend constitution’

NEWS
TAREK AMARA and ANGUS McDOWALL TUNISIAN President Kais Saied plans to suspend the constitution and may amend the political system via a referendum, one of his advisers has told Reuters in the first clear indication of his plans after moves his critics have called a coup. More than six weeks after Saied seized governing powers, dismissed the prime minister and suspended parliament on July 25, he has still not appointed a new government or made any broader declaration of his long-term intentions. "This system cannot continue ... changing the system means changing the constitution through a referendum, perhaps ... the…
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Aug
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Apprehension grows in Tunisia

Apprehension grows in Tunisia

NEWS
ANGUS McDOWALL and TAREK AMARA PRESIDENT Kais Saied's delay in announcing a way forward 10 days after he seized executive power is jangling nerves among Tunisians, with friend and foe alike increasingly impatient to see steps towards ending political and economic paralysis. Saied on July 25 dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, froze parliament and said he would govern alongside a new premier. The move prompted critics to accuse him of a coup and raising fears for the future of Tunisia's democratic system. At stake are the rights and freedoms that Tunisians won during a 2011 revolution that ousted the previous…
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Aug
04
2021
By The African Mirror
In poor area of Tunis, hopes for better times ahead

In poor area of Tunis, hopes for better times ahead

NEWS
JIHED ABIDELLAOUI AMMAR AWAD AS day breaks over Tunis, Jamila Ghuili takes her two small children out into the streets to scavenge in waste bins for plastic bottles that she sells to buy food for her family. Abandoned by her husband, the single mother lives in a poor part of Omrane Superieur, a neighborhood of the capital where Tunisia's economic malaise is acutely felt. "Everything has become expensive," said Ghuili, as her children played next to her. Exacerbated by the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic grievances have fuelled discontent in Tunisia, leading to protests that encouraged President Kais Saied…
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Aug
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia’s parliament speaker leaves hospital

Tunisia’s parliament speaker leaves hospital

NEWS
TUNISIA’S parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi, head of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party that has had an influential national role for a decade, left the hospital hours after he was admitted on Sunday, two advisers said, in the midst of a major political crisis. Ghannouchi, 80, has led opposition to last week's move by President Kais Saied to seize governing powers, dismiss the prime minister and freeze parliament, steps that the Ennahda leader quickly branded a coup. His advisers did not say what was wrong with Ghannouchi, who was hospitalised for a week last month with COVID-19. "After a few hours…
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Jul
31
2021
By The African Mirror
I will not become a dictator – President

I will not become a dictator – President

NEWS
TAREK AMARA and ANGUS MCDOWALL TUNISIA'S president promised on Friday he would not turn into a dictator and rejected accusations he had staged a coup, as two parliament members were arrested following his decision to lift their immunity when he seized control of government this week. Tunisia has been thrust into a political crisis by President Kais Saied's move on Sunday to dismiss the prime minister and freeze parliament for 30 days, leading major parties to accuse him of a coup. Saied has yet to carry out steps that critics say are needed to reassure Tunisians, including the appointment of…
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