Tunisia protests: Police fire tear gas at protesters during second night of clashes
Tunisian police have fired tear gas during a second night of protests in the capital over the country's long-running economic crisis.
The protester stayed put for the second night in Tunis in protest at fuel and food shortages.
Over the past two days, thousands of Tunisians have taken to the streets to denounce what they call a “coup” by President Kais Saied and his economic mismanagement amid basic needs shortages.
Calling for the ouster of the president, the protesters chanted, "Down, Down", "Revolution against dictator Kais" and "The coup will fall."
Saied, a former law professor who took office in 2019, moved to rule by decree after shutting down parliament last year and later expanded his powers with a new constitution passed in a July referendum.
His opponents say his actions have undermined the democracy secured through a 2011 revolution that ousted former leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and triggered the Arab spring.
Tunisians are struggling to make ends meet as a crisis in state finances has contributed to shortages of subsidized goods, including petrol, sugar and milk on top of years of economic malaise and entrenched unemployment.
The president, however, has blamed hoarders and speculators for the shortages, saying the measures by his government were needed to save Tunisia from years of crisis.
Critics say Saied has moved Tunisia, which faces a grinding economic crisis, down a dangerous path back toward autocracy.
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