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Tunisian demonstrators chant slogans during a protestation against Tunisian President Kais Saied, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021 successful Tunis. In July Tunisian President Kais Saied fired the country's premier curate and froze parliament's activities aft convulsive demonstrations implicit the country's pandemic and economical situation. The question made by Saied was considered by his opponents arsenic a coup. (AP Photo/Riadh Dridi)

TUNIS – Protesters aggravated astatine the Tunisian president’s seizure of wide powers faced disconnected with his supporters Saturday successful competing demonstrations successful the North African nation's superior of Tunis.

It was the archetypal clip that President Kais Saied’s critics demonstrated against his actions since helium suspended parliament, fired the premier curate and assumed afloat enforcement powers connected July 25. Saied said the measures were indispensable to prevention the state amid tensions implicit Tunisia’s economical and microorganism crisis, and would lone past a month. But helium past extended them “until further notice.”

The determination sidelined Tunisia’s almighty Islamist enactment Ennahdha and has thrown its young ideology into question.

His critics astatine Saturday’s protestation demanded that helium reverse the measures, chanting “Down with the coup!” and “Constitution, freedom, dignity!” Ennahdha and different critics accidental the president’s determination violated Tunisia’s post-Arab Spring constitution.

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Gathered connected the aforesaid Tunis avenue down a constabulary cordon, Saied’s supporters shouted opposing chants and urged him to prosecute promises to ace down connected lawmakers blamed for Tunisia’s economical woes and its wellness issues amid the coronavirus pandemic.

But immoderate of Saied's supporters are increasing disillusioned. Tunisia remains without a authorities that Saied has repeatedly promised to enactment successful spot “in the coming days.”

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