Can We Call It a Coup?

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What is he trying to do here? No one really had an answer. This is a guy who was elected in two thousand 19 on a protest vote. He promised to clean up the political system. And he seems to be systematically chipping away at the countries post two thousand and 11 democratic institution sso can we call it a coup? That's a word that many tunesians are starting to use, even ones that were somewhat supportive of him last summer.

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