Tunisia: Saïed Drives the Last Nail in the Coffin of Tunisian Democracy

To ensure he wins Sunday’s election, Tunisia’s president has effectively eliminated his opponents before the first vote is cast.

Undeterred by mounting criticism at home and abroad, Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed continues to strangle the country’s fragile young democracy (if it can still be called a democracy). This Sunday (6 October) he will run for a second term of office against the only two candidates permitted to stand against him, one of whom is in prison.

Last month the Independent High…