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Tunisia to hold constitutional referendum and elections
By EUobserver
Tunisian president Kais Saied said Tunisia would hold a constitutional referendum next July, exactly a year after he seized powers in what was widely described as a coup, and that parliamentary elections would follow at the end of 2022, France24 reports. Saied's July power grab initially won support from many Tunisians tired of political parties, but he has since faced mass demonstrations and growing accusations of becoming a new autocrat.