By RFPosted on 05-10-2019Modified on 05-10-2019 at 19:38
In Tunisia, more than 15,000 candidates spread over 1,500 lists run for 217 seats in the PRA, the Assembly of People's Representatives, in the parliamentary elections on Sunday (October 6th).
Initially planned to take place before the first round of the presidential election, this parliamentary election, due to the death of the head of state in July, is held between the two rounds on October 6. The anti-system momentum that marked the presidential election, should also tint the vote of the day.
The economic hardships on the citizens and the promises of better days not kept should be right of the parties that have governed in recent years. Eight years after the revolution, the rejection of the elites and the spirit of January 14, 2011, always present, should offer the hemicycle a new face.
" We are not a party "
Admittedly, Ennahdha should keep a substantial parliamentary bloc. Qalb Tounès ("In the heart of Tunisia"), chaired by Nabil Karoui, should make an entry in numbers. Aïch Tounsi, whose slogan is " We are not a party ", or Karama, led by the Islamist lawyer Seifeddine Makhlouf, also know an undeniable popularity.
But the democratic transition passes by the emergence of independent lists which form a third of the contenders. The party in the lead will then have to form a government, and through a game of alliance with the new parliamentary mosaic, receive a vote of confidence within two months.
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