Police officer stands guard by electoral queue
Posted on 10/13/2019 4:44:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Exit polls show that independent law professor Kais Saied has won Tunisia's runoff presidential election against Nabil Karoui, a media tycoon recently freed from jail... Saied secured 72.53% of the vote while media mogul Nabil Karoui got 27.47%, the polling firm Emrhod Consulting says, citing exit polls... Karoui is a 56-year-old media tycoon, who up until Wednesday had been jailed on charges of tax evasion and money laundering, and Saied is a 61-year-old jurist and law professor with no political party but backed by the moderate Islamist party Ennahda.
In the first round, Saied took 18.4% and Karoui 15.6% among a total of 26 candidates.
Sunday's vote was the third national election in five weeks, following the first round of the presidential vote in September and an inconclusive parliamentary election.
The presidential vote is just the second since the country's Arab Spring revolts. Tunisia was the origin of the 2010-2011 uprising across the North African region. The protests overthrew longtime ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his autocratic government in favor of free democratic elections.
Polls have shown Tunisians are broadly dissatisfied with the political and economic situation of their country, which currently has an unemployment rate of about 15%...
Nicknamed "Robocop" for his austere mannerism, Saied is a social conservative famous for his bluntness and controversial views. He has called for the criminalization of homosexuality and a sexual assault law that reprimands unmarried couples who publicly display affection. He has also argued that capital punishment must be maintained and that men and women should not inherit equally.
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” moderate Islamist party’
Sure....
It's a relative thing -- kinda like most muzzie marriages.
“There is no moderate Islam. There is only Islam.”
Who? What-Where?
I guess I need to crack open a History Book.
I have to remember, every country is living through it’s own drama.
ISLAM. IS IT LIKE the marriage of Bill and Hillary?
I lived and worked in Tunisia in the early 90’s. I thought it was one of the world’s best kept secrets. A unique mix of French, Arab and African. I loved it there.
It's been a bit of a mess since Obama was in the White Hut, probably just a coincidence though.
They hit their height during the heyday of Carthage. Eventually Rome got its first Carthaginian emperor, Septimius Severus, and within a few years the empire entered a turbulent period that nearly brought it down forever.
Yep.
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