2024 Tunisian presidential election
2024
President before election

Kais Saied
Independent

 Elected President

TBD

Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in 2024 in Tunisia.[1] They will be the first presidential elections since president Saied’s self-coup.

Background

On 25 July 2021, Republic Day, after months of political crisis between the President of the Republic and Assembly of the Representatives of the People, thousands of demonstrators rallied to call for the dissolution of the Assembly and regime change.[2] These rallies are taking place as the health crisis around the COVID-19 pandemic escalates. On the same day, President Kais Saied dismissed the government of Hichem Mechichi and suspended the activities of the Assembly, using the emergency powers provided for in article 80 of the Constitution of Tunisia.[3] The country's largest parliamentary party, Ennahda, and its leader, Assembly Speaker Rached Ghannouchi, condemned the president's actions, calling them a coup d'état.[4] Some political analysts and lawyers have also called the events a coup d'état.[5]

On 22 September, Saied confirmed by decree the extension of the validity of the decisions, as well as the dissolution of the Provisional Body Responsible for Checking the Constitutionality of Bills, and decided to suspend the payment of wages and benefits provided to the chairman of the Assembly of Representatives of the People and its members,[6] and granted himself the right to rule by decree, de facto restoring legislative power.[7][8] His decision was criticized by most of the parties represented in Parliament.[9]

On 29 September, the President instructed Najla Bouden to form a new government. Thus, she became the first female head of government in the country and throughout the Arab world.[10]

Constitutional referendum

From 15 January to 20 March 2022, an electronic consultation took place on the reforms to be proposed in anticipation of the referendum. During the ballot, which was the subject of a very low turnout, the options of a transition to a presidential system and to a single-member ballot for the legislative elections prevailed.[11][12][13]

On 30 March 2022, 120 deputies, under the chairmanship of the second vice-president of the Assembly Tarek Fetiti,[14] met in a virtual session to vote for the end of the exceptional measures in force since July 25. The same day, Kaïs Saïed dissolved Parliament, which the Constitution forbids during the period when the state of exception is applied, and threatens the deputies with legal proceedings.[15][16]

On 6 April, Kais Saied announced the holding of the parliamentary ballot according to a two-round uninominal majority ballot.[17] On 5 September, he announced that the electoral law will be drafted taking into consideration the recommendations of the supporters of the July 25 process, and that the rest of the political class will be excluded from this process.[18] The electoral law will have to be published no later than September 16 to meet the deadlines.

On 25 July 2022, the new Constitution was adopted by constitutional referendum with 94.6% of the votes and a 30.5% turnout.[19] A new electoral law was then published by decree on 15 September.[20]

Candidates

Image Candidates Party Reference
Olfa Hamdi Third Republic Party [21] [22]

References

  1. ↑ "After Tunisia's 'ghost election,' what comes next? – DW – 01/31/2023". dw.com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "En Tunisie, des milliers de manifestants défilent contre leurs dirigeants". Le Temps (in French). 25 July 2021. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kais Saied prend tous les pouvoirs en main, suspend le parlement, limoge Mechichi et s'érige en chef de l'exécutif et du parquet". Leaders (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  4. ↑ à 00h32, Par Le Parisien avec AFP Le 26 juillet 2021; À 11h06, Modifié Le 26 Juillet 2021 (25 July 2021). "Tunisie : le président s'arroge le pouvoir exécutif, Ennahdha condamne un «coup d'Etat contre la révolution»". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "En Tunisie, la crise politique débouche sur une crise constitutionnelle". Les Echos (in French). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Publication de dispositions exceptionnelles de la présidence". RadioMosaiqueFM (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Tunisie : Kaïs Saïed renforce les pouvoirs de la présidence". LEFIGARO (in French). 22 September 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Publication de dispositions exceptionnelles de la présidence". RadioMosaiqueFM (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Tunisie: mécontentement dans la classe politique après les annonces de Kaïs Saïed". RFI (in French). 23 September 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "Tunisie : Najla Bouden Romdhane chargée de former un nouveau gouvernement". France 24 (in French). 29 September 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "Tunisie : la consultation citoyenne du président Kaïs Saïed a du plomb dans l'aile". France Culture (in French). 18 March 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  12. ↑ "Tunisie : une consultation largement boudée plébiscite un régime présidentiel". LEFIGARO (in French). 1 April 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "Tunisie: échec de la consultation nationale en ligne voulue par le président Saïed". RFI (in French). 22 March 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  14. ↑ Chamsi, Chahrazed (31 March 2022). "Ftiti: Leur but était de pousser le chef de l'Etat à organiser un dialogue national ou à dissoudre le Parlement [Audio]". Tunisie (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  15. ↑ "Tunisie : la crise institutionnelle s'aggrave". Les Echos (in French). 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  16. ↑ "Tunisie : poussé dans ses derniers retranchements, Kaïs Saïed dissout l'Assemblée – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  17. ↑ "Tunisie: Saïed annonce des nouvelles règles de vote aux élections législatives". Challenges (in French). 6 April 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  18. ↑ "Législatives: Un nouveau projet avec les adhérents au 25 juillet". RadioMosaiqueFM (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  19. ↑ "Référendum en Tunisie : la nouvelle Constitution adoptée malgré une forte abstention". France 24 (in French). 26 July 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  20. ↑ "En Tunisie, une nouvelle loi électorale réduit le rôle des partis politiques". France 24 (in French). 15 September 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  21. ↑ https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/olfa-hamdi-announces-2024-presidential-campaign-in-tunisia-b2795b90
  22. ↑ https://www.olfahamdi.com/en
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