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By naming Najla Bouden Romdhane as Tunisia's first female prime minister on 29 September President Kaïs Saïed has briefly changed the political conversation but disclosed little about future policies...
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The PJD's working and lower-middle class urban support had been crumbling a process also seen in Tunisia where the base of another Islamist party Ennahda has diminished to the extent President Kaïs Saïed could suspend parliament and govern by decree (AC Vol 62 No 17 Playing the waiting game)...
Stunned by President Kaïs Saïed's decision to suspend parliament and govern by decree the major political parties led by the moderate Islamist party Ennahda are left playing the waiting game...
But its officials believe that the surge in public support for Saïed will quickly burn out as the constraints on governing by decree begin to bite (AC Dispatches 24/08/21 President Kaïs Saïed extends his suspension of parliament as he confronts Islamist opposition)...
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After dismissing Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and suspending the National Assembly on 25 July President Kaïs Saïed has seen his popularity grow as he promises 'strong leadership' to resolve the country's serial political crises (AC Vol 62 No 16 Saïed lashes out)...
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President Kaïs Saïed's decision to sack his prime minister Hichem Mechichi after the massive anti-government protests on Republic Day (25 July) took few by surprise...
VisitorsIt started with a 17 March visit from Tunisia's President Kais Saied looking to rebuild economic ties...
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President Kais Saied who has taken a conciliatory line towards the youthful demonstrators in Tunis and the major cities is opposing Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi's choice of 11 new ministers to rejuvenate the government...
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The breakthrough came as the new President Kaïs Saïed attempted for the second time to find a candidate to help him form a government...
Under the constitution the new president Kaïs Saïed who ran as an independent had to ask the head of the largest party the Islamist and conservative Ennahda party to try to form a government...