TUNIS, July 26 — A new Tunisian constitution greatly expanding presidential powers is set to take effect following a referendum yesterday that an exit poll indicated was easily...
TUNIS, July 26 — A new Tunisian constitution greatly expanding presidential powers is set to take effect following a referendum yesterday that an exit poll indicated was easily won by the “yes” side but with very low turnout.
Tunisia meanwhile faces a looming economic crisis and is seeking an International Monetary Fund rescue package — issues that have preoccupied ordinary people far more over the past year than the political crisis. His opponents say his moves last year constituted a coup and have rejected his unilateral moves to rewrite the constitution and put it to a referendum as illegal.
The lowest turnout of any national election since the 2011 revolution, which triggered the Arab Spring, was 41 per cent in 2019 for the parliament that Saied has dissolved. “I’m frustrated by all of them. I’d rather enjoy this hot day than go and vote,” said Samia, a woman sitting with her husband and teenage son on the beach at La Marsa near Tunis.Casting his vote on Rue Marseilles in downtown Tunis, Illyes Moujahed said former law professor Saied was the only hope.
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