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Tunisia's president names new interior minister as critics slam 'coup'

Ridha Gharsallaoui's appointment as interior minister comes days after the Tunisian president suspended parliament and fired his prime minister.
Tunisian soldiers cordon-off the Parliament in the capital Tunis on July 26, 2021, following a move by the President to suspend the country's parliament and dismiss the Prime Minister.

Tunisian President Kais Saied has appointed Ridha Gharsallaoui to oversee the country's Interior Ministry amid a political crisis that his critics describe as a coup.

The naming of Gharsallaoui, a former national security adviser to the presidency, comes days after Saied invoked emergency authorities he said were required to tackle the North African country’s political instability.

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