A farcical election pushes Tunisia towards one-man rule
Voter turnout was lower than the inflation rate
THE LAST time voters in La Goulette, a suburb of the Tunisian capital, had to pick a representative in parliament, it was a complicated choice. No fewer than 56 parties fielded candidates for their district. They had a rather easier time of it in Tunisia’s parliamentary election on December 17th: only one candidate was on the ballot. It is hard to imagine that there was very much suspense in his campaign headquarters as the results came in.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “An election with no voters”
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