Tension is brewing between Tunisia’s President Kais Saied and Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi with the latest silent showdown being the sacking of Interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine. Mechichi Monday sacked pro-Saied Charfeddine for trespassing his power scope after it was reported that the dismissed Interior Minister was preparing a reshuffle of the country’s security apparatus. During the visit, Saied claimed the Interior Ministry was under the Presidency’s control, Tunisie Numerique reports. Charfeddine’s dismissal is not the first instance of the confrontation between the President and the Prime Minister of the North African country. Mechichi dismissed the first ever blind minister after the latter on Facebook indicated that he was not interested in the job.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 07, 2021 12:33 UTC