Tunisian voters head to the polls on Saturday to determine who among the 1,055 candidates will take their seats in the 161-member House of Representatives
One-and-a-half-years after President Kais Saied dissolved parliament, sceptical Tunisians are heading to the polls on Saturday unsure about the new electoral law that has done away with political parties and electoral lists.
However, public enthusiasm over his decision to suspend the legislature last year has faded amid mounting frustration over political instability and a dire economic situation, highlighted by high inflation and food shortages. The new law reduces the number of members in the lower house of parliament from 217 to 161. In addition, they will be elected directly instead of through party lists. And lawmakers who “do not fulfil their roles” can be removed if 10 percent of their constituents lodge a formal request.“Many constituencies have one or no candidates. In my district, I have a choice between two individuals, but I don’t know any of them.
“We don’t know most of the candidates or what their backgrounds are, it’s impossible to choose,” says a 35-year-old bank employee working in the business district of Lac 2. Speaking to TRT World on the condition of anonymity, he also said he wouldn’t be voting on Saturday.
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