Independent media barred from building to avoid ‘disorder’, as president tightens autocratic grip
Independent and foreign journalists have been barred from attending the first session of Tunisia’s new parliament, which has been largely stripped of its powers by the increasingly autocratic president.
Kais Saied, who was elected president in 2019, redrew the constitution to radically reduce the power of the parliament after a power grab in 2021.turned out to vote for its MPs in two rounds of elections over December and January. The opposition coalition, which boycotted the vote, said on Monday it would not recognise the assembly.
, while the north African country’s small population of undocumented black migrants have been subjected to a campaign of violence after the president accused them of being part of a plot to enact demographic change. Journalists protested outside and their national union, the SNJT, issued a statement pointing to the parallels with the pre-revolution situation.
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