Chanting slogans such as “The people want the fall of the regime” and “Out with dictator Saied,” the demonstrators gathered along the iconic Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis, a focal point of the 2011 “Arab Spring” revolution that ousted longtime ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. This marked the second consecutive week of protests amid a heavy police presence in the capital.
The protest was triggered by a controversial bill proposed by lawmakers to strip Tunisia’s administrative court of its authority over electoral disputes, a move critics argue would undermine the legitimacy of the October 6 election and pave the way for Saied’s re-election.
