Tunisia: by attacking justice, Kaïs Saïed dismantles the last counter-power

Since July 25, according to some observers, the Tunisian president has disconnected, one by one, the authorities that prevent him from governing alone.

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The Tunisian president maintains his decision to dissolve the Superior Council of the Judiciary.

A decision he announced this weekend and which he reaffirms today at the end of the Council of Ministers.

According to observers, Kaïs Saïed is dismantling a new counter-power in Tunisia.

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Six months after his constitutional coup, the president is attacking the last counter-power that escaped him: that of justice.

Since July 25, according to some observers, he disconnects, one by one, the authorities that prevent him from governing alone. 

This summer, Kaïs Saïed began by dismissing the Prime Minister and

, which he considered paralyzed by political disputes.

He then closes the anti-corruption body and in September he changes the law to be able to govern by decree. 

This time, it is moreover by a decree that the Tunisian president affirms

.

A Council that he wishes to replace with a new body whose outlines will be drawn by the president himself. 

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," says Khadija Mohsen, political scientist and researcher specializing in the Maghreb.

But she is not surprised.

According to her, Kaïs Saïed is only carrying out his presidential campaign program.

He had announced his desire to eradicate all the intermediate strata between the people and their representatives.

Its ultimate representative being the President of the Republic. 

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