A day after President Kais Saied removed the prime minister and suspended parliament, police, and protesters clashed in several Tunisian cities on Sunday as demonstrators demanding the government step down attacked offices of Ennahda, Reuters reported.
The move followed nationwide protests over economic troubles and government mishandling of the coronavirus crisis.
Troops blocked parliamentary speaker and Ennahdha party leader Rached Ghannouchi from entering the building on Monday, state media reported.
Tunisia’s Ennahdha party, the biggest in parliament said that it considers Parliament to be in continuous session, denouncing as “invalid” President Saied’s decision.
Tunisian military has been deployed to the government palace in the Kasbah in Tunis and stopped government workers from entering the building, several of them told state media.
Al Jazeera news agency reported that the Tunisian police stormed Its bureau in the capital Tunis, expelling all the staff. Al Jazeera said at least 20 heavily armed plainclothes police officers entered the office on Monday, Al Jazeera journalists in Tunis reported, saying the officers did not have warrants for the raid.
Security forces involved in the raid said they were carrying out instructions from the country’s judiciary and asked all journalists to leave.
(With inputs from agencies)
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