Hundreds from rival Tunisian events protest towards president By Reuters

TUNIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of supporters of two rival Tunisian opposition teams held parallel protests towards President Kais Saied on Saturday, denouncing his strikes to consolidate his political energy as public anger grows over gas and meals shortages.

The Islamist Ennahda get together and the Free Constitutional Celebration have been bitter foes for years and although they continue to be opposed to one another, each are actually most centered on combating the president, whom they accuse of an anti-democratic coup.

“Tunisia is bleeding. Saied is a failed dictator. He has set us again for a few years. The sport’s over. Get out,” stated Henda Ben Ali, a 53-year-old unemployed girl who was collaborating within the Free Constitutional Celebration protest.

Saied, who moved to rule by decree after shutting down parliament final 12 months and increasing his powers with a brand new structure handed in a July referendum, has stated the measures have been wanted to save lots of Tunisia from years of disaster.

Tunisians are in the meantime struggling to make ends meet as a disaster in state funds has contributed to shortages of subsidised items together with petrol, sugar and milk on prime of years of financial malaise and entrenched unemployment.

The president, who has blamed hoarders and speculators for the shortages, seems to retain broad help amongst many Tunisians, however the rising hardships are inflicting frustration and growing the circulation of unlawful migrants to Europe.

Within the southern city of Zarzis this week, residents protested over the burial in unmarked graves of native individuals who had died in one of many many shipwrecks of migrants attempting to succeed in Italy.

Within the capital, Tunis, there have been some remoted clashes in poor districts between police and protesting youths, and there was a heavy police presence within the metropolis on Saturday.

Throughout Saturday’s Free Constitutional protest, hundreds of individuals chanted “the individuals need the autumn of the regime”, the slogan popularised throughout Tunisia’s 2011 revolution that launched democracy and triggered the Arab Spring protests.

In one other downtown district of Tunis, supporters of Ennahda and allied events gathered of their hundreds and commenced marching in the direction of the positioning of their rally.