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Tunisia: Country's Current Situation Is Explosive, Says Tunisian General Labour Union
Tunis Afrique Presse, 21 December 2022
The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) said the current situation in the country is explosive. UGTT noted in a statement after its expanded executive bureau meeting Wednesday… Read more »
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Tunisia: President Kaïs Saïed Warned Against Setting Up Parliament Rejected By the People
Tunis Afrique Presse, 20 December 2022
The Free Destourian Party (PDL) warned President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed against the setting up of a parliament "rejected by the people." Read more »
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Tunisia: Change to Voting System and Absence of Political Money Behind 'Modest' Voter Turnout
Tunis Afrique Presse, 17 December 2022
President of the Independent High Authority for Elections, Farouk Bouasker, described the voter turnout in the legislative elections as "modest", saying the reasons for the low… Read more »
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Tunisia: Less Than 10% Vote to Elect New Parliament
DW, 17 December 2022
Just 9% of voters turned out to elect a new parliament after most political parties boycotted the vote, labeling it a charade aimed at shoring up President Kais Saied's power. Read more »
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Tunisia: Tunisia Vote for Hamstrung Parliament in Poll Shunned By Opposition
RFI, 17 December 2022
Tunisians are voting Saturday in the first general elections after a constitutional referendum in July gave President Kais Saied sweeping powers. Political parties have boycotted… Read more »
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Tunisia: Parliamentary Elections Labelled a Sham
DW, 16 December 2022
Legislative elections are taking place on December 17 but observers doubt that there will be any major changes given the president's tightening grip on power. As the economic… Read more »
Poor Voter Turnout In Tunisia's Parliamentary Elections
For a country of over 11 million people, Tunisia's voter turnout saw less than 10% of the population participating in the parliamentary elections on Saturday December 17, 2022. Elections boss Farouk Bouasker, described the voter turnout as "modest". He attributed the low turnout to the changes to the voting system and the absence of political money in electoral campaigns," Tunis Afrique Press reports. In July 2021 President Saied suspended parliament and froze the legislature in a move described by the opposition as a coup, and a violation of the constitution.
The results of the parliamentary elections will be announced from Monday, December 19, 2022.
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