A year after parliament was dissolved in Tunisia, voters will consider a new constitution

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It was July 25 last year when President Kais Saied of Tunisia dissolved the parliament. Over the past year, he drafted a new constitution for the country, granting the president central powers. And Monday, again July 25, Tunisians go to the polls to vote in a referendum on the new constitution. Reporter Lilia Blaise traveled around the country in recent weeks, and found Tunisians are divided by class and geography on how they plan to vote.

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