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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5227/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Tunisias President Suspends Parliament, Removes Prime Minister' data-article-id='5811'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9083'>Troops surrounded Tunisia’s parliament building Monday, blocking its speaker from entering.</span> <span data-start-time='9083' data-end-time='22000'>The move came after the president suspended the legislature and dismissed the prime minister following nationwide protests. </span> <span data-start-time='22000' data-end-time='33375'>Protesters were angry over the country’s economic troubles and the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis.</span> <span data-start-time='33375' data-end-time='42229'>Protesters celebrated President Kais Saied’s decision on Sunday. </span> <span data-start-time='42229' data-end-time='47271'>They shouted with happiness and waved Tunisian flags. </span> <span data-start-time='47271' data-end-time='52938'>But the president’s critics accused him of seizing too much power.</span> <span data-start-time='52938' data-end-time='61708'>The North African country’s allies expressed concern that its young democracy might fail. </span> <span data-start-time='61708' data-end-time='73333'>In a move sure to increase those worries, police took over the offices of broadcaster Al Jazeera and ordered it to shut down.</span> <span data-start-time='73333' data-end-time='86625'>In 2011, Tunisia began the so-called Arab Spring when protests led to the overthrow of several, longtime Middle Eastern leaders. </span> <span data-start-time='86625' data-end-time='94104'>The country is often considered the only success story of those uprisings.</span> <span data-start-time='94104' data-end-time='98771'>But democracy did not bring economic growth. </span> <span data-start-time='98771' data-end-time='105792'>Tunisia’s unemployment rate was 18 percent before the pandemic hit. </span> <span data-start-time='105792' data-end-time='114271'>Young people protested, demanding jobs and an end to police violence earlier this year.</span> <span data-start-time='114271' data-end-time='121000'>The government recently announced cuts to food and fuel subsidies. </span> <span data-start-time='121000' data-end-time='127188'>This caused more anger in areas of the country with many poor people. </span> <span data-start-time='127188' data-end-time='136063'>The government is seeking its fourth loan from the International Monetary Fund in the last ten years.</span> <span data-start-time='136063' data-end-time='140938'>The pandemic has only worsened the economic problems. </span> <span data-start-time='140938' data-end-time='148271'>The government recently announced new stay-at-home orders and other virus restrictions. </span> <span data-start-time='148271' data-end-time='158438'>But thousands of protesters ignored virus restrictions in the capital, Tunis, and other cities Sunday. </span> <span data-start-time='158438' data-end-time='161792'>They demanded the suspension of parliament. </span> <span data-start-time='161792' data-end-time='168896'>Mostly young people, the protesters shouted “Get out!” and fought with police.</span> <span data-start-time='168896' data-end-time='178917'>The president said he had to fire the prime minister and suspend parliament because of concerns over public violence. </span> <span data-start-time='178917' data-end-time='182500'>He said he acted within the law. </span> <span data-start-time='182500' data-end-time='194813'>Parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi, however, said the president did not discuss the situation with him or the prime minister as required. </span> <span data-start-time='194813' data-end-time='201292'>Ghannouchi heads the Islamic party that controlled the legislature. </span> <span data-start-time='201292' data-end-time='204438'>The three men have been in conflict.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5227/B.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17869 data-hint-location='114271' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5227/what_are_subsidies.wav'>What are subsidies?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a sum of money granted by the government or a public body to assist an industry or business so that the price of a commodity or service may remain low or competitive'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5227/a_position_in_which_ones_knees_are_bent_and_ones_heels_are_close_to_or_touching_ones_buttocks_or_the_back_of_ones_thighs.wav'><span>a position in which one's knees are bent and one's heels are close to or touching one's buttocks or the back of one's thighs</span></div><div class='choice' 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