Tunisia presidential candidate jailed for 12 years
The court in Tunis sentenced Ayachi Zammel to 12 years in prison in four cases related to voter endorsements
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What’s next for Tunisia after constitutional vote?
Preliminary results were released late Tuesday, although the electoral board controlled by Saied has until the end of August to announce a definitive outcome.
Tunisia approves new constitution in vote with low turnout
Saied has repeatedly threatened his enemies in recent months, issuing video diatribes against unnamed foes he describes as “germs”, “snakes” and “traitors”.
Tunisia’s Saied set to win vote on bolstering president’s powers
An overwhelming 92-93 percent of those who voted supported the new constitution, according to an exit poll taken by the Sigma Conseil institute. Initial results are due Tuesday afternoon.
Power to the president: Tunisia’s draft constitution
The president would appoint a government and could dismiss ministers unilaterally, while unlike in the 2014 text, parliament plays no role in forming an administration.
Tunisia to vote on constitution seen as threat to democracy
The text aims to replace the mixed presidential-parliamentary system enshrined in a 2014 constitution, which saw Tunisia praised as the sole democracy to emerge from the 2011 Arab uprisings.
Tunisia opposition chief hit by anti-terror probe ahead of key vote
Ghannouchi, 81, has been under investigation since June amid allegations of corruption and money laundering linked to transfers from abroad to the charity Namaa Tunisia, affiliated with Ennahdha.
Tunisia soldier killed in border clash with smugglers: ministry
Fuel, food products, electronic equipment and other products are smuggled across the border regions between Libya, Tunisia and Algeria
Tunisia’s former premier Jebali released from custody: lawyer
Jebali was arrested Thursday in Sousse, a coastal city south of the capital Tunis, on charges of money laundering in connection with transfers of foreign funds to a charity in Tunisia, according to the interior ministry.
Detained Tunisia ex-PM Jebali hospitalised: lawyer
Jebali, a former senior official in the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party that is a key rival of President Kais Saied, was detained in relation to transfers of large sums of money from overseas to a charity in Tunisia.
