Hundreds of Tunisians protest President Saied’s ‘power grab’

Protesters are calling on President Kaïs Saied to resign after he announced he would rule by decree.

Hundreds of protesters have rallied in Tunisia’s capital to protest President Kais Saied’s move to seize governing powers.

Demonstrators gathered on Sunday in the centre of Tunis along Habib Bourguiba Avenue under heavy police presence to demand his resignation, chanting, “The people want the fall of the coup.”

Brushing aside much of the 2014 constitution, Saied had given himself the power to rule by decree on Wednesday, two months after sacking the prime minister, suspending Parliament, and assuming executive authority.