Several supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied gathered this Sunday, October 3, in front of the Municipal Theater in Tunis in support of his decisions announced on July 25 and September 22.
In several other regions of the country, including Gafsa, Gabès, Tataouine, Sousse, Sfax, Kef, protesters brandished slogans calling on for the dissolution of Parliament and the implementation of presidential decisions.
The rally came after President Kais Saied nominated Najla Bouden Romdhan as prime minister, amidst growing pressure over his power grip, which lasted several weeks since he sacked the former prime minister, suspended parliament and assumed executive authority on July 25.
President Kais Saied instructed Romdhan to form the government as soon as possible, according to a press release from the Presidency of the Republic.
Today’s rally comes a week after a similar rally organized by opponents of the President and his decisions, whereby several hundred protestors gathered in Tunis to protest against his decisions announced on July 25.
For two weeks in a row, several hundred protesters, most of them supporters of the Islamist Ennahda party, protested through central Tunis to ask for the return of the parliamentary democracy.
The President repeatedly insisted that his actions are in line with the country’s post-revolution constitution, which allows the head of state to take “exceptional measures” in case of an “imminent danger” to national security, a highly contentious reading of the constitution.
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