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Tunisia’s parliament speaker leaves hospital

Tunisia’s parliament speaker leaves hospital

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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