Amal Hilali - Tunisia
The passage of independent candidate Kais Said and the candidate of the Heart of Tunisia party, Nabil Karoui, for the second round of the presidential elections in Tunisia, in return for defeating the candidates of parties with a political and struggle history with their right and left; deep questions in the political and intellectual circles about the reasons and justifications.
Constitutional expert Qais Saeed led the rankings with a vote of 18.4%, followed by Nessma TV channel owner Nabil Karoui with 15.58%, while Ennahdha candidate Abdel Fattah Moro received 12.88% of the vote.
Prime Minister Yusuf al-Shahid and his defense minister, Abdul-Karim al-Zubaidi, were not able to pass to the second round, despite not long ago leading the voting intentions, which was a real shock to what he called "modern democratic forces."
The witness called for the need to stand on the total messages carried by the election results, both regarding the low rate of voting or the failure of the "democratic row" by passing a candidate for the second round of the elections.
The witness stressed at a press conference the need to pick up the messages sent by the Tunisian voter through the ballot box, blaming the leaders of the democratic family and engaging in disputes that led to dispersal.
Defeat the left
The left-wing parties and coalitions suffered a defeat described as resounding, although they nominated three prominent leaders from within: Hamma Hammami, Mongi Rahwi, and Obeid Braiki, where none of them managed to exceed the threshold of 1% of the voting rates.
Candidate Hamma Hammami acknowledged the failure of the leftist family to win the trust of voters, stressing in a statement to Al Jazeera Net that the Tunisians punished the political and partisan class, whether those in power or in the opposition.
He stressed in return that his loss in the presidential elections will not discourage him to continue to defend his project and political program, stressing that "losing the battle does not mean the loss of war."
He concluded by saying that the current results of the presidential elections with the passage of two independent personalities to the second round, will not carry any solutions for Tunisians.
Observers believe that the achievement of independent candidates - hardly known for any political or party activity - ratios of voting exceeded some of the political figures and holders of the balance of the time of Ben Ali, a message guaranteed to reach that the Tunisians uttered the entire political class.
Lawyer Seif Eddine Makhlouf, doctor Lotfi Meraihi, and writer Safi Said have achieved unexpected results by being among the top 10 candidates in the presidential election.
He did not help prominent political figures with the history of the struggle against ousted President Ben Ali or the so-called "years of embers", where the bottom of the ranking, such as former President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, who receives 2.97%, and the leader of the Democratic Movement, Mohamed Abbou 3.63%.
Al-Marzouqi stressed in his blog that he took full responsibility in failing to convince voters of his person and his electoral program, describing the result as disappointing.
On the other hand, the results of the presidential elections have obvious repercussions within the Ennahda movement, whose candidate Abdel Fattah Moro failed to pass the first round, where the former director of Ghannouchi's office criticized him and his brother-in-law, Rafiq Abdel Salam.
The leader of the movement also presented Zoubeir al-Shahoudi in a post on his Facebook page, resigning from the movement, calling on Ghannouchi to retire from politics and "commit to his home and mihrab", and also apologized to the Tunisian people for what they said was a failure to contribute to the goals of the revolution, development, welfare and social justice.
Second revolutionary wave
Ennahdha leader Rafiq Abdel Salam described the failure of the movement's candidate, Abdel Fattah Moro, to reach the second round of the presidential elections as "the expected", for what he said the movement's delay in preparing for the election campaign.
He explained in a statement to Al Jazeera Net that the failure to resolve the renaissance early, such as the submission of a candidate from within the movement or the selection of a consensus figure from outside and the heated debate within, significantly affected the date of the election campaign.
He pointed out that the priority of the movement was moving towards working more on the parliamentary elections, but forced to choose a candidate from within the presidential after being exposed to a large embarrassment of its bases, which pushed towards the nomination of a leadership from within.
Reading the results of the presidential election, Abdessalam said that the Tunisians had removed the "old system" that was able to relocate in 2014, in return for the rise of a second wave of the Tunisian revolution in 2019 calling for achieving the goals of the revolution.
He added: "Tunisians voted today to Qais Said minds within the framework of revolutionary revolutionary trends, and voted in return for their stomachs and social needs of those who invested in their poverty and poverty, and here I mean candidate Nabil Karoui."
He stressed the emergence of a new class of young people who did not vote previously in the 2014 elections and gave their votes to Qais Said, who were formerly closer to the Nahdha electoral base.
Settling accounts
Abdel Salam declined to comment on the witness's blog, saying that it is within the liquidation of small accounts and the desire to personal positioning at the expense of the party interest, pointing out that "the visa or exit from political life is not owned by the witness."
It is noteworthy that the Supreme Electoral Commission had proposed three possible dates for the second round of the presidential elections, either on September 29, or October 6 next, and at the latest on the 13th of next month.