TUNIS, 27 January, 2021 (TON): Protests by the Tunisians outside the parliament took place on Tuesday, a week later a youth demonstrator was killed and hundreds have been jailed in mass riots and rallies.

Tunisians protested outside parliament on Tuesday a week after a youth demonstrator was killed and hundreds have been jailed in mass riots and rallies.

The parliament was heavily guarded for the lawmakers voted on a new government after the Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi announced a cabinet reshuffle last week.

He promised Tuesday that the new team would concentrate on deep reforms to create jobs and improve living conditions as there are economic crisis.

However, four out of eleven new cabinet members are facing investigations on corruption.

Human rights groups and other groups called the protests, demanding the release of several arrested during the month of demonstrations and denounced repressive police measures.

The government reshuffle is unconstitutional, because the prime minister did not follow the procedures for informing the president first, President Kais Saied said.

It comes at the last when the confidence vote is scheduled, with lawmakers voting on the new members of the government one-by-one.

On the tenth anniversary of the revolution that started the Arab Spring, the protests started.