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Tunisia PM Habib Essid loses parliamentary confidence vote

By AFP
Tunisia Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid delivers a speech at the Tunisian Parliament on July 30, 2016 in the capital Tunis.  By Fethi Belaid AFP
JUL 30, 2016 LISTEN
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid delivers a speech at the Tunisian Parliament on July 30, 2016 in the capital Tunis. By Fethi Belaid (AFP)

Tunis (AFP) - Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid on Saturday overwhelmingly lost a confidence vote in parliament, after just a year and a half in office.

A total of 118 MPs voted to unseat Essid, three voted for him to stay at the helm and 27 abstained.

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