Tunisia: the opposition demands the departure of Kaïs Saïed after a massive abstention in the legislative elections

Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, member of the National Salvation Front, in Tunisia.

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In Tunisia, the National Salvation Front, which brings together part of the opposition, demanded the departure of the country's president, Kaïs Saïed, in the wake of the very low turnout (11.3%) in the second round of legislative elections. , Sunday, January 29.

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With our correspondent in Tunis,

On the day after the vote in

, while the turnout in the second round of legislative elections stood at 11.3% according to official figures, part of the opposition asked on January 29, 2023 for the departure of President Kaïs Saïed .

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Barely have the official results been announced than the National Salvation Front takes the floor through the voice of Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, emblematic figure of the left in Tunisia and notorious opponent of

and now Kaïs Saïed, the current Tunisian president.

Faced with the low participation in the first and second rounds of legislative elections, his movement believes that Tunisians have sent a strong message of disavowal to Kaïs Saïed.

The National Salvation Front now calls on the opposition to federate to push for the departure of the Master of Carthage.

A dialogue of the deaf

Kaïs Saïed, for his part, remains straight in his boots.

In his last speeches, he hammered home his wish to continue on the path he has set himself.

Supporter of a so-called popular democracy, " 

 ", the Tunisian president has undertaken for a year and a half to deconstruct the institutional architecture built since 2011, the date of the advent of the Tunisian revolution.

He who distrusts intermediate bodies and political parties now concentrates full powers.

Emptied of many prerogatives, the new assembly should not change the situation.

A dialogue of the deaf between Carthage and the opposition which comes as the country is going through an intense economic crisis which is fueling the anger of Tunisians and which has raised fears – for many political observers – of an explosive year 2023 in Tunisia.

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