Kais Saied

Tunisia Dissolves Democratic Municipal Councils Under Authoritarian Consolidation

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President Kais Saied dissolves Tunisia’s first democratic municipal councils created in 2018, completing a systematic dismantling of democratic institutions that began in July 2021. By replacing elected municipal councils with ‘special councils’ under direct gubernatorial …

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