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Tunisia: "Even under Ben Ali, we had not experienced such a stranglehold"

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Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed, in Carthage on December 8, 2021. AP - Slim Abid

By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow

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Since July 25, Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed has assumed full powers.

However, since that date, he has further strengthened his grip on the country, notably with the dissolution of Parliament in March, the appointment of an Electoral Commission to his boot, or even very recently with the dismissal of a sixty judges accused of corruption.

This last decision also provoked a major strike by magistrates this week.

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