Europe 1 with AFP 6:29 p.m., November 14, 2021

Almost four months after the suspension of Parliament, the dismissal of the Prime Minister and the resumption of judicial power by President Kaïs Saïed, Tunisians demonstrated in numbers on Sunday not far from the Prado in the capital.

More than 3,000 demonstrators denounced a "coup".

More than 3,000 demonstrators gathered on Sunday near the Tunisian Parliament, frozen for more than three months, to protest again against President Kaïs Saïed's decision to assume full powers, denouncing a "coup". After months of political blockage and in the midst of a serious socio-economic and health crisis, Kaïs Saïed invoked on July 25 an "imminent peril" to dismiss the Prime Minister, suspend the activities of Parliament and take back the judiciary in hand . "Kaïs' project is civil war", "The people want what you don't want ...", referring to the slogan of Kaïs Saïed's presidential campaign, or even "No dignity without freedom", hammered home the demonstrators, who were more than 3.000 according to AFP journalists on the spot.

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An impressive police device blocked all access to the Parliament, located not far from the Bardo near Tunis, noted an AFP journalist.

Several internet users have shared images of vehicles blocked by the police on social networks to prevent them from reaching the surroundings of the Bardo.

"No to dictatorship! No to individual rule!"

Denouncing once again the "coup" of the president, the demonstrators had written on their signs: "The actions of Kaïs Saïed led to the bankruptcy" of Tunisia. "We have come today to say peacefully to the President of the Republic: No to dictatorship! No to individual rule!" Aida Mouhamed, a demonstrator, told AFP.

With the Tunisian flag in hand, the protesters, gathered less than a kilometer from Parliament, also shouted their opposition to the prosecutions launched by military courts against civilians.

"No military judgment, Tunisia is a civil state", they chanted.

On Wednesday, the NGO Amnesty International denounced the "growing number of civilians (who are) facing prosecution in military courts", stressing that in just three months, "the military justice has launched investigations or tried at least 10 civilians ".