Threats, an arrest, journalists blocked behind a police cordon and scrambles: Monday, the first session of the Assembly of People's Representatives, elected in January, attracted more criticism than hopes.
However, on March 13, Tunisia regained legislative power - reduced by a total overhaul of the system according to the will of President Kaïs Saïed - after almost twenty months of suspension.
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Monday morning, an impressive police force had replaced the military vehicles which had been closing Parliament since July 25, 2021 and the freezing decreed by the President of the Republic.
The latter had then established a state of exception because of an "
imminent danger
" represented, in his eyes, by an impotent Assembly of People's Representatives (ARP) and scene of all bickering.
The former law professor elected in 2019 then granted himself full powers and established a new constitution last summer.
“A drift towards authoritarianism”
The ARP, Third Republic version…
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