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Top Tunisian judge calls president's move against judiciary illegal

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06-02-2022 | 08:07

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Top Tunisian judge calls president's move against judiciary illegal

Tunisia's top judge accused President Kais Saied of illegally undermining the judiciary's independence by dissolving the Supreme Judicial Council on Sunday and warned that judges "will not stay silent".

Saied announced the decision overnight, the latest move in his consolidation of power after dismissing the parliament and sacking the prime minister in July and promising to remake the democratic constitution in moves his critics call a coup.

The Supreme Judicial Council was a rare state body that could still exert influence independent of Saied, who has for months criticized the judiciary for delays in rulings on corruption and terrorism cases.

Speaking to Reuters in the first public reaction by members of the Supreme Judicial Council after Saied's declaration, its head Youssef Bouzakher said it represented an attempt to bring judges under presidential instruction.

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