Tunisian elections: Three candidacy files accepted out of 17 files

Heba Press: Rabat

Today, Saturday, August 10, the Independent High Authority for Elections in Tunisia announced the acceptance of three candidates for the primary for the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for next October, including President Kais Saied, who is seeking a second term.

The head of the authority, Farouk Bouaskar, said at a press conference: “After a careful study of the requests,” three candidates out of 17 applications were selected, including Tunisian President Kais Saied.

He added that the rejection of the rest of the files was due either to the lack of recommendation signatures or to the failure to comply with the conditions of dissemination to the authorities, “and no application was rejected because of the criminal record.”

The electoral law allows excluded candidates to appeal to the courts before the final list is announced in early September.