Several hundred protesters marched through central Tunis on Saturday to demand a return to parliamentary democracy after a July power grab by President Kais Saied.
The march was tightly marshalled by security forces on the ground and an interior ministry surveillance drone overhead, according to sources. Most of the protesters were supporters of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, which formed the largest bloc in parliament before its dissolution by the president.
“The people want the collapse of the coup,” the protesters chanted. “We want legitimacy.”
“This is a demonstration to show that there are Tunisian men and women who reject the coup and the steps taken by President Saied,” said Jawhar Ben Mbarek, a prominent leftist among the protesters.
A few dozen Saied supporters held a counter demonstration.
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