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Tunisian president Kais Saied played down the record low turnout in the second round of Tunisian parliamentary elections last Sunday saying that it was due to the perception that citizens believed that Parliament did not mean anything for them
Tunisian president Kais Saied played down the record low turnout in the second round of Tunisian parliamentary elections last Sunday saying that it was due to the perception that citizens believed that Parliament did not mean anything for them. He also maintained that turnout has not been announced definitively. Almost 90% of the voters abstained from voting, a record number of absenteeism in the democratic history of the country.
According to experts, the low turnout was due to the boycott of the elections by the opposition parties. People are also disinterested in the politics of the country since deteriorating economic conditions are the main concerns that they are upfront with. Inflation is at record high triggered by massive shortages of essentials.
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The legislative elections of December 17th and January 29th were touted as the efforts by the president to move towards an ultra -presidential system similar to the one before the fall of dictator Ben Ali.
