- Title: Tunisia's voters reject established political leaders
- Date: 17th September 2019
- Summary: TUNIS, TUNISIA (SEPTEMBER 17, 2019) (REUTERS) CAFE WITH TUNISIANS WATCHING RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT VARIOUS OF TUNISIANS WATCHING TV TELEVISION SCREEN SHOWING PERCENTAGES OF WINNERS OF FIRST ROUND OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS NABIL KAROUI (R) AND KAIS SAIED (L) (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) TUNISIAN VOTER, MOHAMED BEN SAID, SAYING: "The Tunisian people now hate political parties and all these familiar faces. Kais Saied belongs to no party, he's a good person, a law professor, an intellectual, and is part of the revolutionary track, this is what matters to Tunisians. Nobody wanted to vote for political parties or any of the well-known political figures who in the last nine years (since the revolution) have proven their failure." VARIOUS OF TUNISIANS SITTING AT CAFES IN HABIB BOURGUIBA STREET / OTHERS WALKING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) TUNISIAN VOTER, NADINE (NO LAST NAME GIVEN), SAYING: "I, as well as all of us Tunisians, am expecting a lot from our next president. He has a lot of responsibility on his shoulders but the most important thing is that he is honest with us, loves Tunis, and serves Tunisia for Tunisia." VARIOUS STREET SCENES IN HABIB BOURGUIBA VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SITTING AT CAFES
- Embargoed: 1st October 2019 18:27
- Keywords: Tunisia Election Presidential Elections in Tunisia Kais Saied Results Nabil Karoui
- Location: TUNIS, TUNISIA
- City: TUNIS, TUNISIA
- Country: Tunisia
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA001AX1S0UF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Tunisia's electoral commission said on Tuesday (September 17) law professor Kais Saied and detained media mogul Nabil Karoui won the most votes in the presidential election on Sunday (September 15).
The result marks a sharp rejection of the established forces that have dominated politics since the 2011 revolution but failed to address economic troubles including inflation and high unemployment.
Saied took 18.4% of the votes and Karoui 15.6%. Of the other 24 candidates, who included the prime minister, two former premiers, a former president and the defence minister, the moderate Islamist Ennahda candidate Abdelfattah Mourou came in third with 12.9%.
Tunisia's president has only limited powers, controlling foreign and defence policy, while a prime minister chosen by the parliament manages other portfolios.
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