Tunisia’s young democracy thrown into constitutional crisis

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Tunisia’s President has stood down the Prime Minister and suspended parliament in response to failures of economic and health policy and ‘imminent danger threatening the nation’.

Opponents are calling the move a constitutional coup and supporters have taken to the streets to celebrate.

Meanwhile, it’s unclear what it bodes for the country’s future.

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