Breaking: Tunisian President Names New Interim Interior Minister

On Thursday evening, Tunisia's president Kaïs Saïed named Ridha Gharsallaoui as the new interim Minister of the Interior.

The head of the Ministry of the Interior was sworn in before the President of the Republic in accordance with article 89 of the Constitution.

On Sunday evening, Tunisia’s President decided to dismiss Tunisian Prime Minister Hicham Mechichi, suspend the country’s Parliament, and waive the immunity of all its members.

These decisions came in the wake of widespread protests across Tunisia against the PM and Ennahda, the Islamist ruling party affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, over the nation’s economic and social turmoil.

President Saied announced that he would assume control of the executive authority with the assistance of a new prime minister. This is the biggest challenge yet to a 2014 democratic constitution that split powers between the President, Prime Minister, and Parliament.