Tunisia’s President Kais Saied
TUNIS: Tunisia’s President Kais Saied, seen as a saviour by supporters and an autocrat by critics, is running for re-election on Sunday in a vote that he is all but certain to win.
More than a dozen politicians had hoped to challenge him, but the electoral commission approved only two additional names for the ballot paper.
And one of those, Ayachi Zammel, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for falsifying documents just five days before the poll.
Tunisia was where the Arab Spring, a series of uprisings against autocratic rulers in North Africa and the Middle East, began in late 2010.
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The country was seen as a beacon of democracy for the Arab world.But since President Saied was elected on a wave of optimism in 2019, the 66-year-old has suspended parliament, rewritten the constitution and concentrated power into his hands.
This is Tunisia’s third presidential election since Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown in 2011. He had been in power for over two decades before he was forced to flee to Saudi Arabia following months of massive protests.
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Publish date : 2024-10-06 11:03:05
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