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Proposed Tunisian constitution gives president far more power

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold flags as they gather during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied in Tunis, Tunisia June 19, 2022. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo

Tunisia published a proposed new constitution on Thursday that will be put to a referendum next month, limiting the role of parliament and giving President Kais Saied far more power.

Last year, in a move his foes call a coup, Saied brushed aside the existing 2015 democratic constitution and dismissed the elected parliament to say he would rule by decree while he remakes the political system.

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