Tunisians to vote on constitution that gives President authority over gov’t, judiciary
‘Many think the people are not ready for democracy since parties can easily buy votes. They think we were much better off under Ben Ali’s dictatorship’
TUNISIA WAS once considered the Arab Spring’s sole success story, but President Kais Saied has dissolved parliament, dismissed the government and assumed autocratic powers. (photo credit: MUHAMMAD HAMED/REUTERS)ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINEUpdated: