thousands of Opposition supporters in Tunis attended a demonstration in dc l call on President Kais Saied resigns amid the ongoing economic crisis.
Various opposition groups organized separate rallies in Tunisia with Agence France-Presse (AFP) correspondents said a heavy police presence.
detained on 12th anniversary of the fall of They came the dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali against background of Deepening political divisions and deteriorating economic conditions in The country located in North Africa.
“the people want What not to do want. So down with Said,” the demonstrators chanted main A demonstration organized by Tunisia’s most prominent opposition force, the National Salvation Front, which includes Said’s enemy, the Islamist-inspired Ennahda. party.
Renaissance took over parliament Until Saeed launched a drama power abduction on July 25, 2021, dismissed government and freeze parliament Before appointing a new Council of Ministers and rules by decree.
According to the Tunisian government who Said’s largely backed 2021 acquisition is becoming increasingly fueled up with rising Inflation and poverty, affecting about 20 percent of 12 million people.
The coup brought about us Famine and poverty. Yesterday the grocer gave me just one kilo of Macaroni and a box of said Noha, a woman in the house main Protest amid shortage of essential goods.
How can I feed my country family of 13 people with this? A year old housewife lamented.
The demonstrators are in a separate location left- The march of the wing, not far away, denounced Said’s “authoritarian drift”, which threatens the only democracy that emerged from the Arab Spring revolutions.
Some chanted slogans that echoed the messages of The 2011 uprising demanded “work” and unemployment hovers above 15, AFP correspondents said percent.
Unbearable shortage
Omar, 27, is unemployed former Said Moayed main The National Salvation Front said that the president “betrayed” the Tunisians.
“And here it is result: economic crisis, unbearable shortage, no milk in Omar said, who He asked to be identified first name only.
like cash- The broken Tunisian state that monopolizes on some imports faced difficulty had brought in Basic commodities, Tunisians experienced a shortage of products, including coffee, milk and sugar.
struggling under debt worth about 80 percent of Its GDP, Tunisia reached an agreement in Principle with International Monetary Fund in Mid-October for rescue package worth About $2 billion, but it’s still waiting final Assent.
Another march on Saturday, attended by hundreds of peopleled by Abeer Moussa of The opposition Free Constitutional Party.
“happy system” is responsible for Economic crisis, Musi told the calling crowd for his resignation.
a former Law professor And a political outsider, Said 2019 is Tunisia second democratically elected President since the overthrow of Ben Ali.
