Tunisian president ousts government in move critics call a coup

Reuters ^ | 7-25-21 | Tarek Amara and Angus Mcdowall

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Tunisia's president dismissed the government and froze parliament on Sunday in a dramatic escalation of a political crisis that his opponents labelled a coup, calling their own supporters to come onto the streets in protest.

President Kais Saied said he would assume executive authority with the assistance of a new prime minister, in the biggest challenge yet to the democratic system Tunisia introduced in a 2011 revolution.

Crowds of people quickly flooded the capital and other cities to support Saied, cheering and honking car horns in scenes that recalled the revolution, which triggered the Arab Spring protests that convulsed the Middle East.

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Another country to become a terrorist haven, probably.

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“However, the extent of backing for Saied’s moves against a fragile government and divided parliament was not clear, as Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi called on Tunisians to come into the streets to stop what he called a coup.”

Rachid Ghannouchi has been a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader for more than thirty years, and if he is unhappy it must be good for Tunisia. Indeed it was more than three decades ago that he appeared in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, along with other Muslim Brothers to try to talk the Royals out of positioning American troops in Saudi Arabia in advance of Operation Desert Storm.

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*** Another country to become a terrorist haven, probably. ***

The Muslim Brotherhood getting the boot is being applauded by most.