Tunisian President Kais Saied set the presidential election date for Oct. 6, 2024, the presidency said in a statement early on Wednesday.
Kais Saied © TSP
Tunisian President Kais Saied set the presidential election date for Oct. 6, 2024, the presidency said in a statement early on Wednesday.
Kais Saied has taken control of the country's main institutions. A new-look dictatorship much more stringent than that of President Ben Ali.
Reporting by Tarek Amara
Tunisian journalists protested on Tuesday to demand the release of prominent journalist Mohamed Yousfi, whose arrest has become a new flashpoint amid accusations that President Kais Saied is cracking down on the country's remaining independent voices.
Tunisia did not stall. It receded. The country that once sold itself as the only successful child of 2011 now lives under a presidency that concentrates power, criminalizes dissent, and cannot keep the lights on.
A Tunisian judge on Saturday ordered the detention of prominent journalist Mohamed Yousfi, an outspoken critic of President Kais Saied, hours after police arrested him in what critics said was an attempt to stifle dissenting voices.
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