After more than a year with no parliament, Tunisia is finally having its new legislative elections for new parliamentary representatives this December 17.
Every autocrat loves performative elections since they know they will win them, of course, one way or another. Unfortunately, this passion for theatrics collides with an aversion to the uncertainty that is typical of inviting the public to voice its conscience via the ballot box. It is therefore necessary for even the most autocratic regimes to set the stage in such a way that
With the decree of a new election law on Sept. 15, President Kais Saied continues rebuilding the formal political mechanisms of the Tunisian state what some see as a “third republic.” The new law sets the terms for the legislative elections scheduled to be held on Dec. 17, 2022, and it comes only shortly before nominations for candidacies for those elections begin on Oct. 17.