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2019-10-10 Africa North

Ennahda came first in Tunisian parliamentary election

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Tunisia’s moderate Islamist Ennahda came first in Sunday’s parliamentary election, winning 52 seats, while media mogul Nabil Karoui’s Heart of Tunisia party won 38 seats in the 217-seat chamber, the electoral commission said on Wednesday.

The official preliminary results are in line with an exit poll published on Sunday which showed Ennahda as the largest party and Heart of Tunisia in second place in a fragmented parliament.

In a related development, Tunisian presidential candidate and media mogul Nabil Karoui left prison on Wednesday days before Sunday’s election runoff after weeks of detention waiting for a verdict in his corruption trial.

Karoui was the runner up in the first round of the presidential election last month despite being held since August 23 in pre-trial detention.

He will now face Kais Saied, an independent, in the second round of voting.

Posted by Fred 2019-10-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top
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#1 Moderate pisslamist = low yield nuclear weapon = mild strain of ebola = kind of pregnant.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-10 07:04|| 2019-10-10 07:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Ennahda won 37% of the parlimentary vote in 2011 and 28% in 2014

some of the decline is because there are more political parties competing

the leader of Ennahda, Ranchid al Ghannouchi is almost 80 years old and has led the Ennahda movement for almost 4 decades

its a good question whether this movement will continue to shrink and die or whether they will reconstitute themselves as a more militant group or get a new charismatic leader

Posted by lord garth 2019-10-10 08:35|| 2019-10-10 08:35|| Front Page Top

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