Is Tunisia losing its grip on democracy? - BBC Africa

[@k1002_xoxo]

tunisia is very important to the development of africa... may all tunisians find peace and happiness in the country love from angola

[@Mr3344555]

How is Tunisia important to the development of Africa? It's literally a vassal state to Algeria. Algeria gives them free oil and provides military protection. if anything Algeria is one million times more important to Africa than Tunisia

[@ajgraves8016]

In what way?

[@manelbarbar7830]

we are fine just they (other countries) have lost their puppets , spies and thieves

[@elishabethcason6165]

They don't view their darker-skinned African neighbors in the same peaceful way. So I expect that their prejudiced behavior will only become worse now.

[@DogonChild]

Go figure ​@@ajgraves8016

[@ahmed51988]

We are not losing our grip on democracy. We have already lost it.

[@tunisianhannibal9585]

What democracy? Western funny fake democracy? We don't want that shiii in our country

[@ZeFodao-qv5gy]

deocracy what do you prefer a president who takes your money and profits with it? This is why Tunisia has not moved forward from 2010 until 2019 because of people like you and their limited mentality

[@itsgolden9730]

​@@ZeFodao-qv5gylmao then imagine if a dictator fks up everything hhhh u can't do a sht

[@chahinex0624]

it's better when you don't apply democracy in a land where Mouthbreathers exist

[@foufafahma9603]

Democracy doesn't help when hypocrisy and greed sovereigns . We accepted a highly educated intellectual in law to be a our president. Shame on democracy advocates who want to steal fortune and peace

[@AhmedMohamed-xo1wk]

This is a coup he has absolute power he corrupted the whole system in his favor

[@ahmedhemissi1677]

Isn't democracy the right of the people to choose their leader ? well Tunisians want this men to lead their nation. why didn't you mention that the constitution only changed after a referendum in which 94% was in favor of the changes proposed by kais said. what happened in 2021 was demanded by the people since the parliament wasn't doing anything but fight among themselves and prevent the president from doing what's necessary to fight their corruption.

[@HeniTN]

Actually for BBC Israel is the only democracy lolol

[@montasaid4166]

​@@HeniTNصحيح اسرائيل الدولة الوحيدة في المنطقة في شرق الاوسط دمقراطية

[@gambianation2099]

94% haha😂...more like 28%

[@ahmedhemissi1677]

@@gambianation2099 it is 94% ! when you talk about votes only people who care about voting counts , no one prevented the others from voting against ! 2.7 million (70%) voted for him to be presidents and 2.6m (94%) voted for the change 2.4m (90%) again voted for him to stay president , people who care about the country keep voting for him , others will only vote if they are paid. anyway , my point was that the video portrayed the changes as a coup without mentioning the referendum which raises questions about what the BBC is trying to do here ...

[@animeyay9935]

​@@gambianation2099I am tunisian, I can assure you that all people voted for qais saed lol

[@nidhalhammadi997]

No we voted for the man who fought against corruption and foreign intervention ❤

[@kasdallahanas4825]

yaatek aasba wakahaw

[@YLandolsi]

❤❤❤

[@Scorpion.1001]

Against democracy, against law , and with his foolish superficial economic vision he is fighting against tunisia also

[@RulgertGhostalker]

you must keep your public officials, and media, safe from sub-saharan heroin control...sub--saharans carry some primate dna, and are still adapted to cannibalism.....they breed faster then the food grows until there is nothing left, and each and every one of them is as if programmed to transform the entire planets bio-mass into them.

[@RulgertGhostalker]

the sub-saharan heroin is a transparent foreign weapons system .... that's where it started, and everywhere else that produces it, did so as a defensive measure, to keep sub-saharans from eating them alive ... sub-saharans literally breed faster than the food grows...case in point, sub-sahara has been found to have been illegally obtaining livestock feed from the united states for centuries...there was 4 feet of topsoil here once, once there where no segregated schools, we lost our last 2 feet of topsoil to a sub-saharan methane plume in just 60 years time.

[@nadtabka5434]

No , Tunisia never had a grip on Democracy, the president won his second term fair and square(🙄) , Next thing he will do :Change the constitution and stat in power for 30 years

[@Tunisianbeauties]

That will never happen

[@mohamedmetoui3176]

Actually tunisians voted by majority for the president and they love him.

[@mido7ad947]

that was 2019 but many if not ALL things changed since then so we will see tomorrow , i'm Tunisian btw

[@bevhirmilos7850]

None of us love him stop spreading lies. Electing him was a huge mistake

[@Tomdelongpenis]

Alright I'm sure your an expert

[@aymenyahyaoui1771]

Not anymore I elected him in 2019 and then keeped talking BS for 5 years

[@S8838-x2j]

we don't

[@GreenWassim]

Kais Saïd 🇹🇳❤️

[@way2patience670]

Kais Said is improving the state of Tunisia which no other creature before him was able to do!!!! This alone gives him the right to rule!!!

Improving the state how? Specifics please.

[@Tyrion111]

What he have done 5 years only words...

[@AzizAmri-l5d]

​@AliceBradey We Tunisians have so much European blood , for example me as a Tunisian I did DNA test last year and these are my results : 51% North Africa 22% Italian 14% Iberian 8% Ashkenazi Jews 3% Scandinavian 2% Balkan

[@HULK-oh2vh]

North african means amazigh btw​@@AzizAmri-l5d

[@GAMESNETWORK-ol8ik]

what improvement did u see , people are getting more poor and we only see him talking in tv , we are way worse than how we were in 2019

[@syedhoque8009]

Tunisia’s Project 2025.

[@mohamedbenhamida5652]

Not really project 2025 includs the treatment of all federal technical expertise as political hires. This didn't happen in Tunisia at no point. Technical expertise even back in the days of Ben Ali could face problems and be ignored in promotion, but they maintained some type of freedome. Back in the day my father was an engineer at a state owned company and managed to rise to the level he was answering directly to the CEO. Everybody in the company knew my father was opposition. This didn't change under kais.

[@Awakeningspirit20]

@@mohamedbenhamida5652 you don't really see anything like Project 2025 in the Middle East unless it's territory controlled by some kind of terrorist organization

[@Eza_yuta]

Do you Americans still have to cope the lost of Sleepy Joe and Scamala? Genuine question from someone from outside America who doesn't know American politics.

[@nielskorpel8860]

@@Eza_yuta I am not an american. But don't expect to be taken seriously if you are claiming to ask a genuine question using those nicknames.

[@Eza_yuta]

@@nielskorpel8860 My nickname is so great you are just jealous that your name is ugly.

[@greenlime8726]

The error was transforming Tunisia into semi-presidential republic instead of a parliamentary one. Why would little centralized country ever need a strong president? The president must have the faculty to propose martial law to the approval of the parliament, not to gain dictatorial powers and suspend the parliament(none of western countries with stable democracy has such provision, not even one).

[@moussaadem7933]

the parlemant was full of corruption, they weren't serving the people. after years of trials, it seems most Tunisians around me can no longer trust anybody other then kais said

[@nielskorpel8860]

"to approval for the parliament" ... that is an important part (looks at south korea)

[@salem87]

U Know / ta7ana / is why we lose democracy

[@ZeFodao-qv5gy]

deocracy what do you prefer a president who takes your money and profits with it? This is why Tunisia has not moved forward from 2010 until 2019 because of people like you and their limited mentality yamnayk

[@chahinex0624]

it's better when you don't apply democracy in a land where MouthBreathers exist

[@Scorpion.1001]

@@ZeFodao-qv5gy and how tunisia moved forward from 2019 to 2024 بالنقل بالصحة بالتعليم بالسكر و الفارينة اللي مافماش بالحل ل الفاشلة متع الشركات الاهلية و البناء الهرمي و لا بالبروباغندا متع المحتكرين و الفاسدين و هوما عملو هوما هوما ووقت الفعل ما تلقى شي كان الكلام وقتلي هو الرئيس الوحيد بعد الثورة اللي يحتكر في كل السلطات و عندو نفوذ و شعبية ينجم يعمل باها الي يحب و رغم هذاكا مازال يحكي في حكايات امي سيسي

[@BorhenKalboussi]

Democracy in Tunisia is very well than European countries. Occident get out our business. Live Tunisia. Live Kais Said.

[@HeniTN]

In the EU and america: Protest against Palestine= get arrested And they call that DEMOCRACY 😂

[@BorhenKalboussi]

@HeniTN you are right man. They look the democracy and freedom from their point view.

[@pierangelocangialosi3540]

Ah ah we will learn from you

[@nielskorpel8860]

Good for you. The people of any democracy are responsible to discuss their own system and leaders and politics. Good luck Tunesia! - Greetings from the Netherlands

[@BenrihaniBader-h1r]

Kais Saïd he win🇹🇳 frre Palestine 🇵🇸🇹🇳💪

[@donsamyovitch]

😂😂 mala bhim w mnayk

[@BenrihaniBader-h1r]

@@donsamyovitch bara 3asba

[@FeresBachtouli-id2oc]

Tunisian Democracy won't die

[@marwenarfaoui92]

He was the only president who fought against corruption and he succeeded, despite being tackled by the western media like BBC and SkyNews and France24, he won with a majority of vote and he managed to stabilize the country in all aspects in security and economy, he came into power in a very democratic way he won the election against 30 candidate 80% of these 30 candidates were using dirty money to affect the vote of the Tunisians citizens, and he still won against them by the majority of the vote. Still a lot of challenges ahead of Kais Saied but as a Tunisian citizen, I am proud of having him as a president. He did a very great job to the country and still a lot to come in the future we all understand the hate towards Tunisia and towards its president because of his opinion about the war in the Middle East and the genocide against the Palestinians and how the European countries and the US lobbies trying to control Tunisia for their benefits so they can implement their agenda in order to create chaos in Tunisia 🇹🇳

[@yousseflajnef975]

Yizi bla t7in

[@animeyay9935]

​@@yousseflajnef975t7in chnowa? Min 2011 w homa yesr9ou fik, Ba3d ja howa nakhom FIL Habs.

[@yousseflajnef975]

@@animeyay9935 nakhom bl 7abs kml sra9na w hadadna bl 7abs ken n7ilo famna

[@animeyay9935]

@@yousseflajnef975 fech sar9ek 9ays?

[@yousseflajnef975]

@@animeyay9935 sra9na kolna fi tharawatna w sr9lna demo9ratia ta3 bladna ya stal. Sm7ni niveau de vie mt3k w mta3 nes el 3adia tla3 fl bled? Laaaa ken el aswem ta8la w ken el kroz yzido ystakrzo

[@fblassie]

Losing its grip. It never had it to begin with.

[@bieber_and_dolik]

That's not true, we had democracy before this new president.

[@Andy6969ful]

No the only way he could have pulled this off and continue to pull this off is by having the backing of the country's military.

[@FahadTalbi]

This man is a legend and the man of the people and as you can hear in the protesters voices they are saying he is clean which means he don’t care for money or power and he only cares about the future of Tunisia

[@khemirichiheb9729]

He is not popular there a slice of the Tunisian population who will support whoever is in power.

[@tunisianhannibal9585]

But he is the only one that have real Tunisians supporting him not traitors like the others

[@khemirichiheb9729]

@@tunisianhannibal9585 please don't be like him if you have a prove that someone is a traitor please give it to me if not then be quiet

[@skanderkroumi865]

​@@khemirichiheb9729I'm not kais saied supporter but the truth is ghanouchi and sebsi destroyed this country they are traitors to this country anyone worked with them is a criminal

[@ZeFodao-qv5gy]

@@khemirichiheb9729 the others before him emptied your country this one filled the national bank of Tunisia this is the first time that the national bank is filled with money since all those who put the people's money in their pockets are in the mornaguia . you are a limited person who knows absolutely nothing

[@khemirichiheb9729]

@@ZeFodao-qv5gy bro we have 114 of Supply days which is pretty low. the national debt has skyrocketed to 80+% of our GDP the interior debt is unbearable the inflation is 7% for to years in a row. if the central bank is filled of money we our rating is ccc ?

[@softnoob8589]

We lost the democracy 2 years ago, due to the chaos caused by the politician and greedy people after the revolution. So be it, their part in this shall not be forgiven...

[@greenlime8726]

It’s not the people. It’s the system that didn’t work. If those provisions about dictatorial powers for the president during martial law wouldn’t be written inside constitution then this would probably never happen. Although if president would be a ceremonial role and instead of centralized electoral commission there would be decentralized system in place to organize elections then dictatorship would never happen again.

[@tomaslenart7780]

Am I the only one that noticed, that the music in the background is a soundtrack from Motorsport Manager game?

[@sarraboufarguine]

BBC mind your business. Stop worrying about other coutries.

[@loulouhj1104]

We voted for him . And gave him another chance against corruption .. we are rebellous people !! kais said knows that . If we ever felt like we losing democracy , we will go to the streets and kick him out like ben ali ..

[@nielskorpel8860]

Good for you. Good luck to all you Tunesians charting your own path! :D Sincerely, - A citizen of the Netherlands

[@rio8298]

Kais said❤

[@seelim-3863]

democracy is in our heart

[@TheRealPlug]

mind your own business

[@rrajan5476]

Nice country, nice people. What a pity!

[@HugoRazxhm]

"Democracy is for the people, by the people - but the people is stupid." - Osho. If democracy crumbles again, it is the peoples fault- falling för the same tribal, religious, populous message as usual. Use your intellect instead of feelings with politics! Otherwise we are doomed for repetition of history

[@alibouassida5946]

The emerald does not lose its value for lack of compliments.

[@psyco-mhd2521]

We voted for this men because we dont want foreign intervention and those wanna be relegious .

[@AmFlstnChai]

Hmmm i wonder what newly discovered thing caught the attention of the Western world for them to care about Africa’s political stability…

[@mehdikhlifa2030]

What are you talking about? The western world has been meddling with Africa for centuries.

[@theblackgods4699]

Tunisa is north Africa not africa. Don't involve us with North Africans

[@AmFlstnChai]

@@theblackgods4699 Tunisia is a member of the African Union, thus making it in Africa. Also North Africa is still Africa…

[@rahim2049]

no it's not

[@ostricalungimirante]

😂

[@Bobo90]

interesting how negative western media report about kais saied. Everybody who lives in tunisia know that the majority support him. The media says it got worse when he took over but the truth is he took over ruins and now try save what is left to build the country new while fighting with other powers and cartells.

[@nielskorpel8860]

Discussing the system of government is a part of any democratic tradition, even if the system is at times undemocratic. All the western-country principles of democracy touted by all these western-coutry medias come from the discussions we in the west have been having amongst ourselves. We have gone through the consequences of our actions in our history, so we have worries. That's all. Personally, I can understand it if the Tunesians want to discuss this for themselves. I see Tunesians in this comment section defending political choices, discussing their politics. Good luck! Sincerely, a citizen of the Netherlands

[@selimgabsi]

Sad

[@falfoultounes]

In any case, we do not have a democracy of drug addicts, miserable people, slavery and zero hours contracts

[@jirensan828]

Another Ben Ali huh These leaders never learn. They always think they are invincible until the people reach breaking point

[@MahdiBoutaba-r6i]

Its been since 3 or 4 years😢😢😢im trapped with them

[@Awakeningspirit20]

Elects Lord Voldemort Is surprised at losing democracy

[@Faouzi-q7k]

La prochaine révolution naîtra dans les esprits. Avant d’être un événement politique, elle commence par un phénomène psychologique simple mais mystérieux. Lorsque chaque individu réalise qu’il n’est plus seul, et s’aperçoit que les autres pensent la même chose que lui, c’est tout un univers mental qui bascule. Un rassemblement d’individus devient une foule. Et quand cette foule n’a plus peur et réalise sa force, un tournant irréversible est pris. Lorsque ce moment se produit, c’est l’initiative qui change de camp, et le pouvoir de mains. Pour les autocrates et les dictateurs, c’est le début de la fin. Le reste n’est plus que l’affrontement de deux volontés. Le régime peut s’accrocher, tuer, résister même un certain temps, car rien n’est jamais gagné ni écrit d’avance. Mais une fois franchi ce cap psychologique, plus rien n’est pareil. Même si les institutions demeurent en place, elles ne sont plus qu’une apparence. « Soyez résolus de ne servir plus, et vous voilà libre », écrivait voici plusieurs siècles Étienne de La Boétie dans son Discours de la servitude volontaire. Ce moment s’est-il produit en Égypte le mardi 25 février ? Ce jour-là a lieu la première manifestation qui va déclencher la révolution. Les organisateurs sont un petit groupe de blogueurs.

[@Worksphere2]

No we’re good

[@ACM24COM]

No it was the Queen decision

[@labahadihamimi7128]

We lost to democarcy to a lunatic demagogue

[@printhallo]

Keep portraying minorities (protestors) and calling them the "people", those same protestors all voted, yet the majority (90%) went for Kais Said.

[@madhiben5256]

no we did not lose

[@vaibhavpandey9296]

It's a clear dictator ship

[@Coin28-o9r]

That is the only way to get rid of corruption

[@sa.377]

Rumor has it that there has been, once, somewhere, a Muslim country which has managed to function as a democracy...

[@ACM24COM]

No Deep State Area

[@S.A.L.A.F.I]

We don't want your democracy...kais saed ❤️❤️❤️🇹🇳🇹🇳🇹🇳❤️❤️

[@BackMarcus-n5k]

Brown Melissa White Deborah Davis Ruth

[@WalidZhani-me5yc]

Chihmkom fi zboubna. Chda5l zbormkm l97ba fina. Cheddou Brittania mte3km w eb3dou zboubetna.

[@normative1058]

Sad but thats what you voted for.

[@welcomeuser5875]

Direction to poverty Hunger jail 😂😂 president for life

[@phoque121]

Name 1 country that is both a full democracy and Muslim-majority 🤔

[@themap6154]

Kosovo

[@tayebizem3749]

​Only where islam is disactivated and approached as a state of identity or history Technically Kosovo are bad Muslims 😂​@@themap6154

[@Nillrac]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

[@JohnHuxleySavage]

Malaysia

[@Nillrac]

Indonesia

[@rio8298]

British fascists concerned about the democracy 😂😂😂

[@lordkiraayt2803]

no its not we love kais stfu stop spreading propaganda

[@worldabsolut]

they will remove your comment bro like mine 😂😂 they will only let anti-kais comments tp spread their propaganda

[@HeniTN]

​@@worldabsoluttaha nahdha everywhere bro, bbc tmawel fehom hiya w 9anawet l5rin, ema ydhrboulna 3la tayara 😂

[@worldabsolut]

@@HeniTN fey9in behom 🤣🤣

[@fedirebah6887]

Wlh hata ena b9it behit w fama paget min saudia taaml fihom aala 9ays aala aajla ​@@worldabsolut

[@nielskorpel8860]

Good on you!

[@Jennyeq]

muslim and african. obviously it was going to end up as a failed state.

[@Naaaaaaajd]

doing your own proper research would lead you to conclude that Tunisia is far from a failed state educate yourself you bozo and stop believing everything BBC tells you

[@Nathaniel-j7x]

What is wrong with being Muslim and African? Is it a terrible thing? Tunisia is far from a failed state. Do your research.

[@marwenjlassi6641]

ti bara 3asba

[@Tomdelongpenis]

Simple minds seek simple answers

[@mehdikhlifa2030]

We're a peaceful nation with plenty of hard-working people who do their best every day. Judging us based on race/religion says more about your ignorant world view than it does about our political turmoil. At least we don't arm and fund genocides, elect orange con men, or suffer daily mass shootings in schools.

[@naycoolman3728]

The only problem i saw with kais saied is the huge number of black people roaming the streets

[@asiexcellent3905]

Why is that his problem??

[@Helenah511]

Why in Africa? move to middle east. Not/north Africans. This is our continent get use to it

[@telgou]

@@Helenah511 move back to your hut

[@Al.katouss]

​@@Helenah511north Africa will stay arab and muslim forever cry about it

[@HeniTN]

Maybe you need to thank Europe and the US for that, they are behind every single issue because they hate kais, they hate anyone who cares for his own people, they want what we call "tahana" aka traitors.

[@LasendaJay]

Is this in Africa

[@Dillie-dally]

No it's America 🎉🎉🎉

[@PrettyGoodLookin]

Yes...at the very top of Northern Africa. There are maps, just a keystroke away.

[@younas258]

Yes North Africans

[@amadiohastruck4331]

No.

[@PrettyGoodLookin]

@@amadiohastruck4331 Yes !