Thousands of Tunisians rally against president on revolution anniversary

TUNIS, Jan 14 ― Protesters pushed through police barricades as they demonstrated against Tunisian President Kais Saied’s seizure of near total power in central Tunis on...

TUNIS, Jan 14 ― Protesters pushed through police barricades as they demonstrated against Tunisian President Kais Saied’s seizure of near total power in central Tunis on Saturday, the anniversary of a key date in the 2011 revolution that brought democracy.

“We were on Bourguiba in January 2011 when Saied was not present... today he is closing Bourguiba to us. We will reach it whatever the price,” said Chaima Issa, an activist who took part in the 2011 revolution. The main political forces, including most parties and the labour union, now oppose Saied’s project, with many of them calling it an anti-democratic coup.

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