TUNIS – At the very least 20 members of Tunisia’s parliament who took half in an internet session in defiance of President Kais Saied have been summoned by an anti-terrorism unit for investigation, the parliament speaker stated on Thursday.
Wednesday’s parliament session was the primary since Saied introduced final 12 months he was suspending the chamber as he moved to one-man rule in measures his critics name a coup.
Saied responded to the session in a single day by dissolving the chamber and ordering investigations into the greater than half of the parliament members who took half.
The session and Saied’s announcement that he was dissolving the parliament characterize a significant escalation in Tunisia’s political confrontation between the president and his opponents.
Talking to Reuters in an interview, the parliament’s speaker Rached Ghannouchi stated these summoned included members of his personal Islamist Ennahda celebration in addition to different lawmakers.
Ghannouchi stated Saied’s dissolution of the parliament was unconstitutional and was a transfer that destroyed the establishments of state.
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