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Kais Saied has steadily cleared institutional checks on his power and detained opposition politicians on the road to his victory in Tunisia’s presidential election. The latest results mark a cynical milestone in the decline of Tunisia’s once-promising democracy that emerged from the Arab Spring. Host Marco Werman speaks with Ines Jaibi, a lawyer and activist in Tunisia, about what the results signal about Kais Saied’s rule and the years ahead.