Tunisian President Kais Saied issues decree to dissolve the country's Supreme Judicial Council, a decision described by the country's judges as 'intervention in the judicial authority'
Last July, Saied dismissed the government, suspended parliament, and assumed executive authority amid mounting public anger over economic stagnation and political paralysis.
The president, Kais Saied, on Sunday had announced plans to dissolve the council in the latest in a series of moves his opponents have called a coup. Dozens of judges in uniform protested in front of Tunis court on Thursday, shouting slogans calling for Saied to respect the independence of the judiciary.The council is an independent constitutional body whose tasks include ensuring the independence of the judiciary.The council “has become a thing of the past,” Saied said earlier, accusing it of becoming a place “where positions and appointments are sold according to loyalties.
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