The Tunisian president is increasingly putting pressure on the country’s Supreme Judicial Council and the entire judiciary to shut down another check on his sweeping powers. President Kais Saied issued a decree on 19 January that called for ending privileges granted to members of the Higher Judicial Council (HJC), a constitutional body monitoring the proper functioning of the judiciary. The following day, the Judicial Council released a statement affirming that its members would “continue to carry out their duties regardless” of President Saied’s decree. The head of the HJC Youssef Bouzacher s…