FILE PHOTO: People carry banners and flags during a rally in support of Tunisian President Kais Saied in Tunis, Tunisia May 8, 2022. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo
TUNIS (Reuters) - A proposed new constitution for Tunisia significantly enhances the powers of the head of state, hardening fears among critics of President Kais Saied that he aims to entrench one-man rule and undo the democratic gains of 2011 Arab Spring uprising.
However, many Tunisians welcomed Saied's moves to do away with the previous system of power sharing between parliament and president, frustrated by years of political paralysis and petty squabbling.
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