Tunis – Beji Caid Essebsi, the 87-year-old ex-premier and leading opponent of the Islamists, said on Tuesday he will stand in Tunisia’s presidential poll later this year, if he’s “still alive”.
“At the moment, my intention is to run” in the 23 November election, Essebsi told a news conference.
“[I say] for the moment, because nothing is certain in life. If I’m still alive on election day, obviously, I will do my best to be there,” he said.
The octogenarian has already been nominated as the candidate of Nidaa Tounes, Tunisia’s main secular party, which he heads…
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