A Coup Puts Tunisia in Political Crisis
Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters · Global Dispatches
August 5, 202125m 51s
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Show Notes
On July 25th, Tunisian President Kais Saied fired the prime minister, dismissed parliament, and assumed dictatorial powers . This was a self-coup in which the president invoked an emergency clause in the constitution allowing him to rule by decree.
Tarek Megirisi, Senior Policy fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations, explains what happened in Tunisia and the broader domestic and international implications of this power grab.