In July 2021, Tunisian President Kais Saied declared emergency rule and proceeded to suspend the country’s Parliament. In September of the same year, he made a surprise visit to the birthplace of the Arab Spring in Sidi Bouzid whereby he sought to invoke the symbolism of revolution in a speech in which he declared the suspension of the constitution and that he would rule the country by decree. In July
In July 2021, Tunisian President Kais Saied declared emergency rule and proceeded to suspend the country’s Parliament. In September of the same year, he made a surprise visit to the birthplace of
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