Tunisians protest against president a week before parliamentary elections

Tunisians Protest Against President a Week Before Parliamentary Elections

Tunisians had grown increasingly frustrated over recent years at economic stagnation and political paralysis, with a divided parliament and unstable government

Tunisians protest against president ahead of parliamentary polls

Hundreds protested in Tunisia Saturday against President Kais Saied ahead of parliamentary elections

Tunisians protest against president a week before parliamentary elections

TUNIS, Tunisia: Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Saturday (Dec 10) against President Kais Saied a week before elections to a new parliament created by his constitutional changes, accusing him of an undemocratic coup. Saied shut down the previous parliament last year and ruled by decree before rewriting t

Hundreds of Tunisians protest against president a week before elections

Speakers at the protest, including senior politicians from parties opposing president Kais Saied, have called for a boycott of next week's elections.

Tunisians protest against Saied ahead of parliamentary elections

Opponents say a vote on December 17 under the country’s new constitution is illegitimate and are calling for a boycott.

Tunisians protest against president a week before parliamentary elections

TUNIS, Dec 10 — Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Saturday against President Kais Saied a week before elections to a new parliament created by his constitutional changes, accusing him of an undemocratic coup. Saied shut down the previous parliament last year and ruled by decree before rewriting the constitution this year to give the presidency more powers, moves rejected by most political parties. “Saied get out!” chanted protesters marching in…