local elections

Tunisians vote for new chamber with little enthusiasm

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Tunisians vote for new chamber with little enthusiasm

TUNIS: Tunisians trickled into polling stations on Sunday in the first elections for a new second chamber of parliament under a constitution pushed through last year by President Kais Saied.Opponents of Saied argue the election is the latest step in the president’s “authoritarian” agenda.Saied, a former law professor who was elected president in 2019, seized … Read more

Tunisians Vote: Tunisians vote in local elections on Sunday to fill a new chamber as economy flatlines

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Tunisians Vote: Tunisians vote in local elections on Sunday to fill a new chamber as economy flatlines

TUNIS: Butter and milk shortages. Political party boycotts. Ongoing prosecutions of the president’s critics. This is the environment in which Tunisians will head to the polls on Sunday for the country’s first local elections since president Kais Saied wrote a new constitution that voters approved last year. Voting will determine the composition of a new … Read more