Commentary: Is Tunisia rolling back the revolution? It’s not that simple
by Ghaya Ben Mbarek and Aymen Bessalah, Los Angeles Times
Aug 08, 2022
3 minutes
TUNIS, Tunisia — One year after Tunisian President Kais Saied dissolved parliament, sacked the prime minister and monopolized all three branches of government, Tunisians headed to the polls in late July and voted on a new constitution that critics feared — and supporters acknowledged — would further enshrine a one-man rule.
Our North African nation of 12 million people sparked the series of revolutions across the Middle East and North Africa in 2011. Now opposition forces and foreign observers consider the July 25 referendum vote, which ratified the new constitution, as the end of Tunisia’s
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