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Tunisian opposition wants political prisoners freed before taking part in presidential election
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Tunisian opposition wants political prisoners freed before taking part in presidential election

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s main opposition coalition said Tuesday it won’t take part in the North African country’s upcoming presidential election unless President Kais Saied’s political opponents are freed and judicial independence is restored. More than 20 political opponents have been charged or imprisoned since Saied consolidated power in 2021 by suspending parliament and rewriting the country’s constitution. The National …

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Tunisian voters shun elections seen as test for democracy
1 year, 10 months ago

Tunisian voters shun elections seen as test for democracy

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Voters in Tunisia massively shunned parliamentary elections seen as an important test for their president and their country’s troubled democracy, according to preliminary turnout figures Sunday. They’re seen as a conclusive step in President Kais Saied’s push to consolidate power, tame Islamist rivals and win back lenders and investors needed to save the teetering economy. Analysts note …

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Tunisians to vote in second round of poll for defanged parliament
1 year, 10 months ago

Tunisians to vote in second round of poll for defanged parliament

Firstpost  

Tunis: Tunisia holds the second round of elections for a toothless parliament on Sunday, with voters preoccupied by economic woes and turnout seen as crucial in the politically divided nation. “I can’t trust anyone anymore.” Analysts predict low turnout again among Tunisia’s 7.8 million eligible voters for the second round as major parties including Saied’s arch-rivals, the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha, hold …

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Tunisia set for runoffs after low turnout parliamentary elections
2 years ago

Tunisia set for runoffs after low turnout parliamentary elections

Al Jazeera  

Only 21 candidates secured victory in the first round of votes marked by low turnout, electoral commission says. Runoffs will be held in the vast majority of Tunisian parliamentary districts after only 21 candidates secured victory in the first round of parliamentary elections, the country’s electoral commission has said, following a controversial vote marked by a very low turnout. Only …

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Low turnout a message from Tunisian people to Saied: ‘Step aside’
2 years ago

Low turnout a message from Tunisian people to Saied: ‘Step aside’

Al Jazeera  

Opposition parties say the only way forward for Tunisia is to get out of President Kais Saied’s system of one-man rule. Tunis, Tunisia – A day after Tunisians largely shunned the parliamentary elections, the Democratic Current party, one of 12 political parties which boycotted the elections, is calling for President Kais Saeid to step down. Party leader Ghazi Chaouachi said …

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Low turnout in Tunisia parliament vote amid economic vows
2 years ago

Low turnout in Tunisia parliament vote amid economic vows

Associated Press  

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisians on Saturday voted to elect a new parliament, to the backdrop of a soaring cost-of-living crisis and concerns of democracy backsliding in the North African country — the cradle of Arab Spring protests a decade ago. Opposition parties — including the Salvation Front coalition that the popular Ennahda party is part of — boycotted the polls …

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Record low turnout, opposition boycott mar Tunisia elections
2 years ago

Record low turnout, opposition boycott mar Tunisia elections

Al Jazeera  

Less than 9 percent of voters turned up to cast their ballot amid an opposition boycott of parliamentary elections. Oumaima ben Abdullah, a campaigner with the centre-left Democratic Current party, said: “The active boycott is by people from civil society and political parties.” Zoubeir Daly, a founding member of the Tunisian election observation association, Mourakiboun, explained that people were effectively …

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Why are Tunisia’s parliamentary elections so controversial?
2 years ago

Why are Tunisia’s parliamentary elections so controversial?

Al Jazeera  

President Saied has tried to drum up support, but the opposition are boycotting and turnout is expected to be low. Tunis, Tunisia – Tunisians have begun voting in parliamentary elections, but with a general sense of apathy among many voters and an opposition boycott, turnout has been poor. Saturday’s vote is the first parliamentary vote since 2019, and the first …

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Tunisian opposition to boycott December elections, decry ‘coup’
2 years, 3 months ago

Tunisian opposition to boycott December elections, decry ‘coup’

Al Jazeera  

The National Salvation Front, a body representing the main parties in Tunisia’s opposition, including Ennahdha, has announced that it will boycott December elections to replace a parliament dissolved by President Kais Saied. Saied called the December vote after he suspended the Ennahdha-dominated assembly and dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi in July 2021, before later pushing through a new constitution that …

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Tunisian officials say new constitution passed in vote with low turnout
2 years, 4 months ago

Tunisian officials say new constitution passed in vote with low turnout

The Hindu  

A new Tunisian constitution giving far more power to President Kais Saied passed in a referendum with a 30.5% turnout, the electoral commission said on Tuesday, tightening his grip in what critics fear is a march to a new era of autocracy. The commission said 95% of voters approved the constitution in Monday's referendum boycotted by opposition groups, which accuse …

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