Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on Saturday a plan to compensate victims of the 2011 revolution that inaugurated democracy in the country after the ouster of then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. and wounded during what he called “terrorist attacks.” The UN reported that some 300 people were killed during the month-long uprising against poverty, corruption and political repression in Tunisia in 2011. At the time, Ben Ali left the presidency and fled the country after declaring a state of emergency. amid protests across the country, banning public gatherings and allowing police to shoot anyone who refuses to obey orders. Saied is currently in the midst of intense political turmoil. On April 4, the Tunisian parliament, in an online plenary meeting, voted to end Saied’s exceptional measures imposed on July 25, 2021, by which he dissolved the parliament, dismissed the prime minister and dismantled democratic institutions, including the Supreme Judicial Council. Saied relied on Article 80 of the Tunisian Constitution to justify the move as a crackdown on corruption in the political class. Article 80 establishes that in “case of imminent danger that threatens the institutions of the nation. . . The President of the Republic may take any measure that exceptional circumstances require.” This measure has been criticized for being constitutionally invalid. Critics argue that Article 80 should be read alongside Articles 72 and 89, which only allow parliament to be dissolved if a no-confidence motion against the government is passed twice and elections are held within 90 days. In response, Saied has said that the house meetings are illegal and the members who participated in them are guilty of “conspiring against state security”. The Tunisian Minister of Justice has summoned 121 of the 126 members of the Chamber to be interrogated by the anti-terrorist unit.