4 hours agoMEE: The prime minister was badly beaten by the president to resign
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Outgoing Prime Minister of Tunisia Hichem Mechi was reportedly beaten at the presidential palace Sunday evening before agreeing to leave his post, close sources have been told with the newspaper Middle East Eye. [Getty Images] MEE]. The nature of the wounds sustained during the beatings could not be verified after Mechi himself [...]
The nature of wounds sustained during the beatings could not be verified because Mechi himself was not seen in public.
But, MEE has found that the wounds of the 47-year-old was “grave”, Periscopi explains.
“He had wounds on his face, which is why he hasn't appeared in public,” said one source.
Mechichi was summoned to the presidential palace Sunday when President Kais Sayed dismissed him from office, announced the distribution of parliament and assumed executive authority following tense anti-government protests.
Sources close to the prime minister made it clear that the security chiefs accompanying him were not part of the plan to beat him up, but the military was.
Mechichi had refused to resign, and therefore she was beaten and there were citizens in the palace who were from Tunisia. /Periscope
