The information was published on the official website of the Tunisian presidency.
The head of state, Kaïs Saïed, asked Ridha Gharsallaoui, former national security adviser to the presidency, to take over the head of the interior ministry on Thursday, July 29.
Ridha Gharsallaoui was sworn in before the President of the Republic, as required by article 89 of the Constitution.
President #Kais_Saied issues a presidential decree designating Ridha Gharsalloui as acting Interior Minister.
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- Tunisian Presidency - الرئاسة التونسية (@TnPresidency) July 29, 2021
President #Kais_Saied issues a presidential decree designating Ridha Gharsalloui as acting Interior Minister.
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- Tunisian Presidency - الرئاسة التونسية (@TnPresidency) July 29, 2021
Since Sunday, the Tunisian president has dismissed from their functions a series of government advisers and project managers to the Prime Minister, then dismissed the Attorney General of Military Justice as well as the Ministers of Defense and Justice after having assigned himself the judiciary in the context of exceptional measures.
Kaïs Saïed assured that he was attached to public freedoms and would make sure to protect them.
On Wednesday evening, the presidency sacked the CEO of the national television station, Laassad Dhahech, accused of trying to stir up trouble by limiting the channel's access to a human rights activist and a representative of the Union. journalists.
If it was greeted by many Tunisians exasperated by the power struggles in Parliament in the midst of a social and health crisis, this coup is also causing concern in Tunisia and abroad.
With AFP
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