Preliminary results showed President Kais Saied won a second term in the Tunisian election with 90.69% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Monday.
Tunisia's President Kais Saied, Tunisian Presidency
Preliminary results showed President Kais Saied won a second term in the Tunisian election with 90.69% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Monday.
The turnout was 28.8% in Sunday's vote in which Saied faced two election rivals: his former ally turned critic, Chaab Party leader Zouhair Maghzaoui; and Ayachi Zammel, who was jailed last month.
By Tarek Amara
Jailed Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, 84, began a hunger strike, joining two prominent politicians who are protesting what they call “unjust imprisonment,” lawyers said on Saturday, marking the latest escalation in a standoff with President Kais Saied.
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