Tunisia To Dissolve Elected Local Councils

Tunisia’s President, Kais Saied has announced that municipal councils elected in 2018 are to be dissolved and replaced by what he called special delegations.

The councils were seen as one of the democratic gains achieved in Tunisia after the uprising in 2011 that overthrew the autocratic regime of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

Report says the councils are dominated by what are now the main opposition parties to Mr. Saied, who is increasingly imposing what his critics say is a one-man rule.

He said the new councils would also be elected, but under new rules that he will write.

BBC/Christopher Ojilere