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 supervision, Saied continues his broad authoritarian consolidation, fundamentally undermining Tunisia’s post-Arab Spring democratic framework.

Key Actors

Kais Saied Tunisian municipal councils Tunisian opposition Ennahda party

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tunisia arab-spring-reversal municipal-dissolution institutional-capture democratic-backsliding authoritarian-consolidation

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