More than 100 officials from Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda Party resign amid crisis

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past the building of the Islamist Ennahda party headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia, July 29, 2021. REUTERS/

TUNIS (Reuters) -More than 100 prominent officials of Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party, including lawmakers and former ministers, resigned on Saturday in protest at the leadership's performance, the biggest blow yet to the party which is facing a severe split.

Ennahda, the largest party in parliament, has been thrown into crisis by its response to President Kais Saied's sacking of the government and suspension of parliament on July 25, an intervention the opposition called a coup.