Families Of Those Killed And Injured In The 2011 Tunisian Revolution Will Receive Compensation

Archives - Tunisian President Kais Saied addresses the government oath-taking ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside Tunis, Tunisia, February 27, 2020. (ANTARA/Fethi Belaid/Pool via Reuters/as)

TUNIS - Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on Sunday, April 10 that he would compensate the families of those killed and injured in the 2011 revolution that brought democracy to the country.

Saied, facing a political and economic crisis and accusations of taking power in a coup, last month dissolved parliament, imposing a self-rule after ruling by decree since the summer.

He claimed to be trying to save the north African country from destruction.

The Tunisian dinar has fallen to a three-year low and a delegation will leave for Washington this month to seek a deal with the International Monetary Fund. Saied's decree on Saturday approved compensation for the families of the "martyrs", police and soldiers killed and wounded defending the country. of what he called "terrorist attacks" during the years following the revolution that sparked Arab upheaval around the region.

Dozens of youths were killed and hundreds injured during the uprising against then president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's government in 2011.

Saied has vowed to uphold the rights and freedoms won in the revolution, but his critics say his actions, including changing bodies that guarantee judicial independence, show he is determined to rule alone. This was reported by Reuters from Antara