Tunisia police protest over pay in new test for government
- 8 years ago
Several thousand Tunisian police marched to the presidential palace on Monday to demand more pay in the latest challenge to Prime Minister Habib Essid's government after a week of protests and riots over jobs.
Tunisia's security forces are at the forefront of the country's war with Islamist militants, who have attacked army checkpoints and patrols and launched major assaults on a tourist hotel a museum and the presidential guard last year.
Chanting "Wages still in the red" and "We defend the nation, we want our rights," police in civilian clothes marched to the presidential palace in Carthage on the outskirts of the capital Tunis.
Job seekers also staged a fresh protest in the central town of Sidi Bouzid, cradle of the "Arab Spring" uprisings, and were dispersed by police using tear gas, witnesses said.
Tunisia's security forces are at the forefront of the country's war with Islamist militants, who have attacked army checkpoints and patrols and launched major assaults on a tourist hotel a museum and the presidential guard last year.
Chanting "Wages still in the red" and "We defend the nation, we want our rights," police in civilian clothes marched to the presidential palace in Carthage on the outskirts of the capital Tunis.
Job seekers also staged a fresh protest in the central town of Sidi Bouzid, cradle of the "Arab Spring" uprisings, and were dispersed by police using tear gas, witnesses said.