Tunisians hold demonstrations calling for "regime downfall"

TUNIS, July 25 (KUNA) -- Thousands of Tunisians on Sunday staged demonstrations across the country protesting deteriorating health and economic and social conditions and calling for the "regime ouster." In the district of Bardeau in the capital, protestors lifted banners demanding that Prime Minister Hisham Al-Mashishi and parliament speaker Rashed Al-Ghannoushi step down and calling for jobs, "freedoms and dignity." The demonstrators also chanted for holding a public referendum to change the ruling system.
In Sousse, East Tunisia, hundreds of people marched to the governorate headquarters lifting banners and billboards that call for "downfall of the ruling regime and dissolution of the parliament." In Benzart in the north, activists of the "July 25 movement" demonstrated on the streets toward the governorate main building, with slogans depicting their wrath with the ailing conditions in the nation at various levels.
They called for dissolving the parliament, prosecuting the corrupt, providing jobs for the youth, holding the premier and the parliament speaker fully responsible for the deteriorating situation.
Meanwhile, government security forces blocked main roads leading to the parliament building in Bardeau and closely monitored people entering the city or venturing outdoors.
Activists had called for the protests under the logo "the July 25 movement" to demonstrate public demands for ouster of the government and the parliament.
Tunisia has been witnessing a host of issues and wrangling among some decision makers amid hard living conditions suffered by many citizens.
Today's protests followed the July 20 event when Hisham Al-Mashishi sacked Minister of Health Faouzi Mehdi and tasked Social Affairs Minister Mohamad Al-Trabolsi with the health ministry.
The move came in the wake of a stampede and overcrowding of many people in front of the anti-coronavirus vaccination centers.
The nation is reporting daily coronavirus casualties amid depleting medical resources along with noticeable mismanagement in the medical sector. (end) ks.rk