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Tunisia: Parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi urges return to democracy after Saied’s power grab

“Our only goal today is the return of democracy to Tunisia.”

In a recent interview, Tunisia’s parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi says his party is “ready to make all concessions” to solve the country’s political crisis, after President Kais Saied seized power on Sunday and suspended parliament.
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