Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday said he opposes the presence of foreign election observers, as the country gears up for a referendum and legislative polls later this year. “We are not an occupied country to send observers to,” he said during a swearing-in ceremony for members of a new elections authority. Saied in July last year sacked the government and suspended parliament, prompting fears for democratic gains a decade after Tunisia’s revolution which sparked the Arab Spring uprisings. He has since taken control of the judiciary and on April 22 gave himself powers to name three out…