Tunisian president tightens his hold on power as critics sound the alarm at the increasingly authoritarian trajectory of Kais Saied
, Tunisian President Kais Saied declared he would begin ruling by decree, plunging the country further down the path of one-man rule.
"[The] announcements make it clear and obvious that this is a coup against democracy and the constitution," declared Radwan Masmoudi, President of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy in Washington DC. Now, as part of the late-night declaration Saied also announced that he will hand-select a committee that will amend the constitution as he sees fit.the Tunisian constitution in 2014.
When in 2011, an uprising toppled the longtime Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the military stood aside as he was swept from power. Now the military has played a seemingly decisive new role. Umberto Profazio, a North Africa researcher at The International Institute for Strategic Studies warns that since Saied's "unprecedented escalation" in July, the country is still "plunged in uncertainty."
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