Tunisia to head to the polls for presidential election
WITH his major opponents imprisoned or left off the ballot, Tunisian President Kais Saied faces few obstacles to winning re-election on Sunday.
The North African country’s October 6 presidential election is its third since protests led to the 2011 ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali — the first leader toppled in the Arab Spring uprisings that also overthrew leaders in Egypt, Libya and Yemen.
A raft of arrests and actions taken by the president’s hand picked election authority have raised questions about whether this year’s race is free and fair. And opposition parties have called for a boycott.
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