Tunisia’s Democracy In Peril

On July 25, 2021, Tunisian President Kais Saied froze Parliament
for 30 days, dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi from his
post suspended legal immunity for all lawmakers in what he said
was a strike against corruption in the ruling class. Above, Rached
Ghannouchi, president of the assembly and the Islamist Ennahdha
party, and some deputies attempted to enter the assembly building
in Tunis early on July 26 only to be denied access by the military.