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Tunisia: Kaïs Saïed wins the presidential election
Tunisia: Kaïs Saïed wins the presidential election
(Franceinfo)
In office since 2019, Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed would have obtained nearly 90% of the votes, after having considerably hampered the chances of other candidates. Abstention was significant, with less than 30% of voters.
The result will not be made official until Monday October 7, but when the polls come out, there will be no surprises. Kaïs Saïed will be re-elected president of Tunisia. He would have obtained almost 90% of the votes. The epilogue of an electoral campaign that never really existed. In the streets of Tunis, the capital, no posters and even fewer political meetings. The vote was strictly locked by the outgoing president. Less than 30% of Tunisians went to the polls.
However, the courts had validated the candidacy of six men. Under the control of power, she finally canceled that of three of them and sent a fourth to prison. In Ayachi Zammel’s HQ, emotions are still running high: “Our candidate was deprived of his fundamental right, namely that of presenting himself and being a candidate”. Elected in 2019, Kaïs Saïed raised many hopes among Tunisian youth. He took full powers two years later, froze Parliament and introduced a decree limiting freedom of expression. In the country, demonstrations are increasing to denounce evaporated freedoms. He remains in power for at least five years.
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