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  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 80%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  Thousands of protesters marched against Tunisian president, Kais Saied's, seizure of near total power in central Tunis on Saturday, demanding he step down as they marked the anniversary of a key date in the 2011 revolution that brought democracy.
  The protests come 12 years to the day after the ousting of former autocrat, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and 14 January is seen by most Tunisian parties and civil society groups as the anniversary of the revolution.
  While there has been no major crackdown on opponents of Saied, and police have allowed most protests against him, their handling of demonstrations on 14 January last year was more forceful, prompting condemnation from rights activists.
  
  
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  Wasn't Tunisia the most promising of the bunch back then? Sad how things turned out, one shithead exchanged for another. And the people voted for these changes as well, it's not like he came out of nowhere. >
  
  
  And the people voted for these changes as well, it's not like he came out of nowhere.
  
  This is a poor and inappropriate form of buck passing.          
  The constitutional referendum had only a 30% turnout, well below achieving any democratic standard of legitimacy, due to boycotts.         
  Moreover, the President violated electoral laws during the campaign period. It wasn't a free and fair election at any point.