![In Tunisia, President’s Power Grab and an Absent Constitutional Court](https://www.jurist.org/commentary/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/1200px-Tunisia_International_Aerospace_and_Defense_Exhibition_2020_-_49897115541.jpg)
President Qaies Saied of Tunisia claimed he was acting constitutionally when he arrogated broad powers for himself on July 25, after months of stalemate among Tunisia’s governing institutions and amid a deepening Covid-19 crisis. The constitutional provision he invoked states that after 30 days, the Constitutional Court, upon a request from the Parliament, is to [...]