The National Salvation Front (FSN), a coalition of opposition parties in Tunisia, accused the electoral body on Tuesday of “falsifying” voter turnout figures, arguing that President Kais Saied’s referendum had “failed”.
On Monday, a referendum was held on a questioned new Constitution that grants broad prerogatives to the President of the Republic. Most of the main opposition parties, including the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha movement, boycotted the vote. According to the Authority responsible for organizing this election, Isie, more than 27% of voters voted, out of 9.3 million registered voters.
“The Isie figures are enlarged and do not correspond to what the observers observed in the regions,” Ahmed Néjib Chebbi, head of the FSN, told reporters.
“amplified” numbers
“The only reference of legitimacy in the country is the 2014 Constitution and Kais Saied must pave the way for general presidential and legislative elections” in advance, continued Ahmed Néjib Chebbi.
For him, the low turnout in the referendum, which he said was boycotted “by two-thirds” of the electorate, demonstrated “the failure of Kais Saied’s coup.”
Democratically elected in 2019, Kais Saied seized full power on July 25, 2021: citing political and economic deadlocks, he sacked his prime minister and froze Parliament before dissolving it in March. He sees his reform of the Constitution as an extension of the “course correction” begun a year ago.
Source: BFM TV
