Tunis – Tunisia began voter registration on Monday for heavily-delayed legislative and presidential elections due to take place later this year.
The elections would consolidate the gains of an accord in January to end months of political crisis, which had blocked the democratic transition in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.
Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa and Chafik Sarsar, who heads the electoral organising commission, gave the order to begin the registration process at Tunis city hall, the government said.
After months of negotiations, the electoral commission this month proposed that legislative polls take place on 26 October and the first round of the presidential poll on 23 November, with the run-off on 28 December.
The provisional election dates are to be submitted to parliament on Wednesday for approval…
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