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Tunisia: Ennahda leader Ghannouchi decries state of ‘tyranny’

Rached Ghannouchi stressed that Ennahda, along with its allies, will continue to work to 'overthrow the coup' [File: Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters]

The speaker of Tunisia’s dissolved parliament says the country is living under a state of tyranny as President Kais Saied pushes ahead with plans for a controversial referendum on replacing the constitution.

Tunisia has been embroiled in a political crisis since Saied seized wide-ranging powers last year in what opponents decry as a coup.

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