The independent candidate qualified for the second round of the Tunisian presidential elections, Kais Said, denied contact with any foreign party, or that he requested support from any external party, again rejecting any interference from any party.
"Those who speak of external support say these are illusions. I have not contacted anyone and I refuse to have any interference from anyone," Saeed said in an interview broadcast on state television on Thursday.
Commenting on his rise to the first place of the second round of the presidential elections, Said said: `` Tunisian youth made history, and some want to dwarf Tunisian youth.We are living a different historical moment and a new kind of revolution but a revolution within the scope of constitutional legitimacy, a new revolution devised by young people. ''
He pledged that if he wins the presidency, he will make every effort to be on the level of waiting, and to be inclusive of all Tunisians without exclusion, stressing that "the rights and freedoms contained in the Constitution can not be undone and prejudice at all, like the rights of children and women, contrary to what is promoted So some. "
He said he was uncomfortable with the continued imprisonment of rival media magnate Nabil Karoui about three weeks before their runoff.
"I wish him (the villager) free. The situation is uncomfortable for me, but the final word for the judiciary and I can not interfere in the indictment."
On September 17, the Independent High Electoral Commission announced that independent candidate Said, a professor of constitutional law, qualified for the second round of the presidential election with 18.4% of the vote and the villager with 15.58%.
The villager was arrested weeks before the election on suspicion of tax evasion and money laundering in a case set up by an independent transparency organization three years ago.
Said, who was unknown before the elections, organized a simple election campaign with little funding and publicity.