Tunisia’s political crisis greeted with indifference on streets of capital

There is little sign of anger against apparent coup, but some lament the threat to fragile democracy

Two days after Tunisia's stumbling democracy ground to a halt, the streets of the country's capital were quiet, even indifferent on Tuesday, with the presence of army troops near a TV station one of the few symbols of a new and unsettling normal.

Protesters who had raged on Sunday before President Kais Saied sacked the county's prime minister and suspended parliament were absent from sites that days before had been febrile hubs of discontent. Instead, passersby seemed to go about their business caring little about the gravity of the moment. In some parts of Tunis, the mood was almost celebratory.