On 30 July, Yassin Ayari, a member of parliament and a known critic of President Saied, was arrested from his house by security men who reportedly were in plain clothes.[16] President Saied's suspension of the Parliament had stripped lawmakers of their immunity. Accordingly, a military judiciary source said that Ayari was imprisoned due to a previous sentence in 2018 which he incurred for criticising the military.[17] Later on the same day, Maher Zid, another member of parliament, was detained after being sentenced in 2018 to two years in prison for insulting the late President Beji Caid Essebsi.[17]