I considered it Salvation Front The opposition in Tunisia said on Monday that the weak participation in the local council elections that took place yesterday, Sunday, indicates the people’s “rejection” of the president’s political path. Kais Saied.
The leader of the Salvation Front said Ahmed Naguib Al-Shabi – In a press conference in the Tunisian capital in which the leaders of the Front, Abdul Latif Al-Makki and Riad Al-Shuaibi participated, said that about 90% of the Tunisian people turned their backs on the elections for the “Council of Regions and Regions” and did not participate in choosing their representatives in these local councils, which are part of President Saied’s political project.
Al-Shabi added that this is the fourth time that the Tunisian people have turned their backs on Saied’s political project, pointing to the weak participation in 4 elections, including yesterday’s elections and the referendum on the constitution last year, which the leader of the Salvation Front said established an absolute autocratic regime.
Yesterday evening, the Supreme Elections Authority announced that the turnout in this poll had reached 11.66%, and said that a second round would be held next February.
The leader of the Salvation Front, which includes the most prominent political forces, expressed his doubts Renaissance movement– In the percentage announced by the Commission, considering that it was “inflated,” he renewed his call for holding a national dialogue and forming a national unity government responsible for organizing transparent and fair elections.
Components of the Salvation Front and other opposition parties boycotted the elections for the Regional and Regional Council, which were the first of their kind in Tunisia.
Some members of the Election Commission and supporters of President Saied believed that the participation rate, despite its weakness, provided sufficient legitimacy to establish the Council of Regions and Regions.
Tunisian President Kais Saied said while casting his vote that with the end of the local elections in all their stages, the restoration of institutions, including the Constitutional Court, would be completed.
The opposition accuses Saied of targeting it, arresting many of its leaders for political reasons, establishing individual rule and a presidential system with absolute powers, and marginalizing parliament. On the other hand, the Tunisian president says that all the steps he has taken since July 25, 2021 are aimed at saving Tunisia from chaos and uprooting corruption.
