2024 Tunisian Elections Archivi

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Political Theory
Hatem Nafti: “Tunisia, A Regime with No Alternative to its Rhetoric of Conspiracy”
Federica Zoja 21 October 2024

After surpassing 90 percent approval in the first round of the presidential elections on October 6, incumbent Tunisian leader Kais Saied faces his new term in a political, social, and economic climate vastly different from that of 2019. We discussed this shift with writer and essayist Hatem Nafty, whose latest work, Notre ami Kaïs Saïed. Essai sur la démocrature tunisienne (Our Friend Kais Saied: An Essay on the Tunisian Dictatorship), was presented in late September.
Political Theory
Tunisia Elections 2024: The Fake Reluctant Autocrat
Ruth Hanau Santini 30 September 2024

Since July 25, 2021, Tunisia has been in a state of self-coup. President Kais Saied, elected two years earlier, suspended parliament that summer, had the prime minister resign, and issued two presidential decrees that consolidated all executive powers in his hands – rather than sharing them with the prime minister, as outlined in the 2014 Constitution.
Political Theory
Democracy’s Double Bind: Tunisia and the Paradox of Consensus
Sharan Grewal 5 September 2024

Sharan Grewal, Assistant Professor of Government at William & Mary, discusses Tunisia’s democratic collapse, attributing it to excessive consensus between political factions, which led to public disillusionment and the rise of populist leader Kais Saied. While a short-term return to democracy is unlikely due to Saied’s popularity, there may be a chance in the future.
Political Theory
Tunisian Democracy Needed Time (And a Marshall Plan)
Radwan Masmoudi 27 August 2024

For years, Tunisia was viewed as a democratic success in the Arab world. However, according to Radwan Masmoudi, President of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), it ultimately failed because it was still in the process of developing into a full democracy, with weak political parties, unaddressed economic issues, and declining international support undermining its progress.
Political Theory
Tunisia: Clamping Down on Civil Liberties Ahead of Understated Presidential Elections
Ruth Hanau Santini 24 May 2024

Next autumn Tunisians will go to the polls to elect the President of the Republic. The Election’s date has not been confirmed, and the main opposition coalition, Chebbi’s National Salvation Front, has announced they will boycott the vote unless three conditions will be met: the electoral commission will be independent, the main Islamist party, Ennahda, will be allowed to re-open its headquarters, and all political prisoners will be freed. When Tunisians last voted for presidential elections, all those conditions were in place, but in the past few years, political and civil liberties have shrunk to the extent that the country is not only “partly” free but its democratic ranking continues to deteriorate, year on year.