September 27, 2024 Meet the Middle East

Tunisia lawmakers mull election reform days ahead of vote

Tunisia's parliament debated on Friday a bill that would strip a top court from its power to rule on election-related disputes, a move decried by protesters as anti-democratic just days before a presidential ballot.The proposed judicial shift comes after Tunisia's administrative court in August had overturned decisions barring three presidential hopefuls from running in the October 6 election -- a ruling later ignored by the country's electoral board, ISIE.
Source: Al Monitor
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