World

Why are Tunisians protesting? Understanding the country’s crisis of democracy

Sarah Yerkes:

So, I don’t want to yet put sort of democracy in a coffin.

I think Tunisia’s democracy still has a fighting chance. I think, if we look at the way these protests are being reported upon, the way that people are allowed to go into the streets, the way that people can criticize the government, they can go out there and call this a coup, and they’re not getting arrested, that shows that democracy is alive and that it is functioning.

Now, this is a major threat to Tunisia’s democracy. I think, when we look back at this in six months, maybe even a month, I might have something different to say. Maybe the democracy will have kind of ended.

But, for now, I do think that we should still consider that democracy is alive. And we need to protect it. The United States Europe, other democracies need to stand up and protect Tunisia’s democracy while it is still alive.

You May Also Like

World

France, which has opened its borders to Canadian tourists, is eager to see Canada reopen to the French. The Canadian border remains closed...

Health

Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario is experiencing a “deepening state of emergency” as a result of surging COVID-19 cases in the community...

World

The virus that causes COVID-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan, a new study...

World

April Ross and Alix Klineman won the first Olympic gold medal for the United States in women’s beach volleyball since 2012 on Friday,...

© 2021 Newslebrity.com - All Rights Reserved.