Tunisian president dissolves watchdog

By AFP
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February 07, 2022

Tunis: Tunisian President Kais Saied has dissolved a major independent judicial watchdog, he said on Sunday, accusing it of bias and working for special interests. The Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSM) "is a thing of the past", the president said in a video, accusing the body responsible for appointing judges of corruption and delaying politically sensitive investigations, including into the assassinations of left-wing activists in 2013.

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