Yesterday was the biggest victory to Tunisia and its courageous leader Kais Saied who saved the country from Muslim Brotherhood, as protesters marched in the area around the Tunisian parliament, called on government to step down and hold Rashed Ghanucci accountable.
On Sunday, Saied sacked Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and ordered parliament closed for 30 days, a move, the biggest political party Ennahdha decried as a "coup", following a day of angry nationwide street protests against the government's handling of the Covid pandemic.
Late Sunday night, following Saied's announcement on public television, thousands of people took to the streets to publicly show their support for the president.
Protesters celebrated President Kais Saied's decision to freeze parliament and dissolve the government, shouting with joy, honking horns and waving Tunisian flags.
Witnesses said rallies numbering several hundred also gathered the cities of Gafsa, Sidi Bouzid, Monastir and Nabeul. Demonstrators in Sousse tried to storm the local headquarters of the the Islamist Ennahda party. In Touzeur, protesters set fire to the Ennahda headquarters.
Security forces also moved in Monday on the Tunis offices of Al Jazeera, according to a statement by the Qatar-based network on its Facebook page. The reason for the move was not immediately clear.
Qatar and its Al-Jazeera satellite news network has been viewed by some Mideast nations as promoting Islamist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood.
Last week, Tunisian deputy Abir Moussi, head of the Free Constitutional Party (PDL), was the subject of offensive insults that soon turned to physical violence and battery at the hands of two deputies affiliated with Tunisia’s Muslim Brotherhood, the so-called Ennahda Movement.
Ironically, this disgraceful assault took place under the dome of parliament, which is headed by Ennahda chief Rached Ghannouchi.
The Muslim Brotherhood and its figures and members endorse an environment rife with violence and terrorism, which they justify both religiously and politically.
All their talk of tolerance is merely a tactical response to their fragile present situation. Violence and extremism are at the core of the group, and Sayyid Qutb’s bloodthirsty and terrorist rhetoric is always present in their minds and behaviors.
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