Tunisia: Workers’ Party of Tunisia Calls Recent Elections a ‘Charade’ and Says Saied Has No Legitimacy

The struggle of the Tunisian people for democracy has suffered significant setbacks under President Kais Saied who just won another term in an heavily criticized electoral process, raising concerns about the establishment of a new dictatorship.

The head of Tunisia’s Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) Farouk Bouasker announced on Monday, October 7, that Tunisia’s President Kais Saied won a second term with 90.69% of the votes in the presidential election held on Sunday. Bouasker also…