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Tunisia’s main party holds street protest, escalating government row | Malay Mail

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TUNIS, Feb 27 — Tunisia’s biggest political party rallied tens of thousands of supporters in the capital today in a show of strength that could fuel a dispute between the president and prime minister that has paralysed the government. It is the biggest demonstration in Tunisia for years, and...

Saturday, 27 Feb 2021 08:27 PM MYT

The dispute has brought to a head months of wrangling between the three men in Tunisia’s latest political crisis since a 2019 election delivered a fragmented parliament while propelling Saied, an independent, to the presidency. Mechichi then turned for support to the two biggest parties in parliament - Ennahda and jailed media mogul Nabil Karoui’s Heart of Tunisia.

Ennahda billed Saturday’s march as “in support of democracy”, but it was widely seen as an effort to mobilise popular backing against Saied - raising the spectre of competing protest movements that could lead to polarisation or violence.

 

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