In Tunisia, local elections were held on Sunday December 24 to designate the 2,155 elected officials from whom the 77 representatives of the second chamber of the Assembly then come. This new parliamentary body has the prerogative of developing the regions of Tunisia. The participation rate was, according to the body responsible for organizing the vote, at 11.66%. A score “ respectable ” according to her.
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With our correspondent in Tunis, Amira Souilem
The polling stations remained empty this Sunday. It is almost 3 p.m., Chedly Mokhtar, manager of this center located in Carthage in the suburbs of the capital, nevertheless remains hopeful. “ As for participation, we imagine that more people will come later, later in the afternoon. It’s the holidays, people get up late (laughs). We have not yet made a precise statement of participation. We’ll do that later, you came a little too much early. »
A new room expected for June 2024
Wanted by the Tunisian President, this election – which combines direct and indirect suffrage and drawing lots – ultimately aims to create a second chamber of the Tunisian Assembly. With a stated official objective: giving power back to the people, Kaïs Saïed’s major project.
Among the rare voters encountered that day, there was Mohamed Sabri Khalil, retired: “ These local elections aim, I believe, to simplify administrative procedures. Projects, factories, etc. must be launched more easily. There is nothing that works properly: no metro, no bus. Poor Tunisians, they suffer a lot. »
It will be necessary to wait until June 2024 for the process to be completely completed. While the President concentrates all the powers, 261 Tunisian personalities have called for a boycott of this election.
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