Urgently called for Sunday, September 22 in Tunis, the demonstration aimed to protest against the announcement of a draft amendment to the electoral law in the midst of the campaign for the presidential election of October 6. The text in question aims to relieve the administrative court of its role as arbitrator in the event of a post-election dispute.
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With our correspondent in Tunis, Amira Souilem
The mobilization was decided urgently by a collective of parties and associations that are worried about an election that is a foregone conclusion. On Sunday, September 22, a demonstration took place in Tunis to protest against the announcement, two days earlier, of a draft amendment to the electoral law while The campaign for the October 6 presidential election is in full swingOn Friday, September 20, 34 deputies actually proposed the introduction of a text which provides for relieving the administrative court of its role as arbitrator in the event of a post-election dispute.
Among the protesters present in the procession, this former law student – who says she had the current president Kais Saied as a teacher – has no words harsh enough against his former teacher: ” He committed a robbery and seized all the powers! Kaïs Saïed does not believe in any living force, in any partner – whether it comes from the people, the parties, civil society or the opposition. He thinks he is a prophet on Earth! ” rants this Tunisian woman who has now become a civil servant.
Protesters see presidential election as electoral farce
Originally from Monastir, nearly 200 kilometers from the capital, two women in their sixties who prefer to remain anonymous tell of the difficulties they encountered in being able to participate in the demonstration: ” It was not easy to reach the meeting place, they explainThe police made us take detours: “Go this way, go that way, stop.”“.
As the crowd chants: “ Kais, oh dictator, your turn will come “, all the protesters see the upcoming presidential election as an electoral farce. Nearly 14 years after the Tunisian revolution, this psychologist, in particular, finds the pill difficult to swallow: “OWe are supposed to have made a revolution to gain a little more democracy and to get out of arbitrariness, but unfortunately, we are in an even worse situation than before! “, she laments.
Two weeks before the election, NGOs and parties still active in the country are promising to take to the streets again to protest against what they call the return of dictatorship.
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