Neue Proteste in Tunesien

In Tunesien gingen am Wochenende Tausende auf die Straße, um gegen die Politik des autokratisch gerierenden Präsidenten zu demonstrieren. 

Protestors clashed with police in the Tunisian capital of Tunis on Saturday, for the second night after a man died from injuries sustained during a police chase in August.

Riot police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds in the poor Ettadamen and Intilka districts, with protesters chanting slogans against the police and throwing stones at them.

The fresh protests come as the country suffers an economic and political crisis amid fuel and food shortages. (...)

The protests began on Friday after the funeral of the young man. The Ministry of Interior did not comment on the death of Selimi.

Allerdings sind die Parteien der Opposition so zerstritten, dass sie zu getrennten Kundgebungen aufriefen:

Parallel demonstrations by political movements who are deeply opposed to each other were held in Tunis.

Both groups denounced Kais Saied as an autocrat who is reversing the democratic progress made since the 2011 uprising.

They also demanded accountability for the country's economic crisis which has seen food and fuel shortages.

Critics of Mr Saied accuse him of staging a coup and attempting to turn Tunisia back into an autocracy - a system of government run by one person with absolute power.

After sacking the prime minister and suspending parliament in July 2021, a year later Mr Saied pushed through a constitution enshrining his one-man rule after a vote boycotted by the main opposition parties.

The new constitution replaced one drafted in three years after the Arab Spring in 2011 which saw Tunisia overthrow late dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

It gave the head of state full executive control, supreme command of the army and the ability to appoint a government without parliamentary approval.