TUNIS — Several hundred protesters marched through
central Tunis on Saturday to demand a return to parliamentary democracy after a
July power grab by President Kais Saied.
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The march was tightly marshalled by security forces on the
ground and an interior ministry surveillance drone overhead, AFP journalists
reported.
Most of the protesters were supporters of the
Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, which formed the largest bloc in
parliament
before its dissolution by the president.
"The people want the collapse of the coup," the
protesters chanted. "We want legitimacy."
On July 25, Saied sacked the government, suspended
parliament, removed lawmakers' immunity and put himself in charge of all
prosecutions.
Saied has renewed the measures for a second 30-day period,
and has yet to respond to calls for a roadmap for lifting them.
"This is a demonstration to show that there are
Tunisian men and women who reject the coup and the steps taken by President
Saied," said Jawhar Ben Mbarek, a prominent leftist among the protesters.
A few dozen Saied supporters held a counterdemonstration.
Saied insists his actions are guaranteed by Article 80 of
the constitution, which stipulates the head of state can take "exceptional
measures" in case of an "imminent danger" to national security.
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