Tunisians go to the polls on Saturday 6 October to vote in a presidential election that is expected to be won by the incumbent president. Whatever the outcome, it is essential that all conditions for a free and fair election are met and that young people, who make up the majority of Tunisia’s population, play an active role in the electoral process.
Whoever wins, it is important to achieve a high turnout for fair elections and to pave the way for greater stability, coexistence and political consensus.
Despite the concerted media campaign that preceded the current presidential election against President Kais Saied and his governance of the country, his supporters are full of optimism and confidence in the future, believing that the election is a pretext for not legitimising totalitarianism and claiming that his mandate is crowned with success in the fight against corruption, money laundering, foreign financing, organised crime and monopolies.
Whatever the criteria for this criticism by the foreign media and the opposition, for his supporters it is well-founded and well-reasoned. In any case, the Tunisian people should put aside their controversies. The election is fundamentally a political event and a powerful instrument of democracy, and it is also a test of the effectiveness of elections.
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