Tunisia's new Parliament was elected last year with a turnout of just 11 per cent, and only 154 of its 161 seats have been filled so far. The new speaker of parliament, Ibrahim Bouderbala, is a staunch ally of the president and the assembly will operate under a constitution written by Saied last year. Independent journalists and foreign media were not allowed to attend Monday's opening session of parliament for the first time since Tunisia's 2011 revolution.

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