The opponents of the president of Tunisia Kais Siedi protested on the streets of Tunis on Thursday, accusing the Tunisian leader of using the judiciary and the police to repress critics, while his supporters carried out a parallel demonstration, highlighting a growing political division in the country.
The demonstration against Sieda – the second protest of the opposition in a week – reflects the growing concern of human rights groups that the cradle of Arab spring is moving towards a man’s regime.
The demonstrators on the main road of the capital sang phrases such as “Sied, go away, you are a dictator” and “people want the fall of the regime”, a slogan that refers to the 2011 revolt that has overturned the former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
In the same road, Habib Bourguiba Avenue, Sieda’s supporters gathered in their defense, shouting “no to foreign interference” and “people want again”.
The impact police were mobilized in large numbers to separate the groups. There are no comparison reports.
The events occur after months of repression of the government against Siedi’s critics, including the detention of the last week of the prominent lawyer Ahmed Souab, a faithful opponent of the president.
The opposition Sieda accuses of undermining democracy acquired in the 2011 revolution, since he took extra powers in 2021, when he closed the elected parliament and began to govern by decree and took on the control of the judiciary.
They described their action as a blow, while Sieda says it was a legal action necessary to end chaos and unbridled corruption.
The leaders of the political parties of most of Tunisia are arrested, including Abir Moussi, leader of the free Constitutional Party, and Rached Ghanochi, leader of Ennahda – two of Siedi’s most important opponents.
The government states that there is democracy in Tunisia. Sieda says it will not be a dictator, but insists on the fact that what calls corrupt the elite must be held responsible.
Source: Terra
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