Tunisian PM: Will step down after president appoints successor

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Dismissed Tunisian Prime Minister Mechichi says he will not be a disruptive element and will hand over responsibility to whomever the president chooses

announced that he has suspended the powers of the Tunisian parliament as well as its deputies’ immunity, dismissed Prime Minister Mechichi and said he would assume executive powers with a premier he would appoint.He announced a series of other measures on Monday, including a nationwide curfew from 7 pm to 6 am for one month and a ban on gatherings of more than three people in public places.

But others accused the president of a power grab, and the country’s overseas allies expressed concern that it might be descending again into autocracy. In a move sure to fuel those worries, police raided the offices of broadcaster Al Jazeera and ordered it shut down.Soldiers barred Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi and his deputies from entering parliament.

The country is also facing an economic crisis and a surge in coronavirus infections amid warnings of a possible collapse of the health care system.

 

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