Tunisia’s president dissolves top judicial watchdog

Saied also dismissed the government and suspended parliament last July in a move his opponents described at the time as a coup [Fethi Belaid/Pool via Reuters]

Tunisian President Kais Saied has dissolved a judicial council that deals with the independence of judges.

Saied – who had dismissed the government and suspended parliament last July – said on Sunday that the Supreme Judicial Council was a “thing of the past”.