Tunisian President dismisses PM and parliament – government calls the step “a coup”

Tunisia has faced a political turmoil on Sunday. The country’s president Kais Saied dismissed the Prime Minister Hichem Mechici and closed the parliament for 30 days. Saied announced that he was firing Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and that he and a new prime minister, to be named in the coming hours, would take up executive … Continue reading Tunisian President dismisses PM and parliament – government calls the step “a coup”