Tunisian president Kais Said has dissolved an independent judicial watchdog, accusing its members of taking bribes and delaying political investigations.
Saied said in a video on Saturday he has evidence of the involvement of magistrates in several court cases.
“From this moment, the CSM is a thing of the past,” said the president.
“If I show you with evidence the goods and the sum of money estimated at millions of dinars that some of them have acquired, you will not believe me,” he said.
The Council has rejected Saied’s plans to reform the judicial system through decrees.
The Council’s disillusion comes as protesters plan to take to the streets on Sunday to pressure the Judiciary to hold those involved in the assassination of opposition leader with the left-secular Democratic Patriots’ Movement Chokri Belaid.
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