Tunisian Constitutional Referendum

[It’s so Joever]

Thought this may belong here:

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/07/14/qa-tunisias-constitutional-referendum

[Antonio the Sixth]

This sure looks like authoritarian backsliding to me. Here's hoping Tunisians soundly defeat it.

[PSOL]

This sure looks like authoritarian backsliding to me. Here's hoping Tunisians soundly defeat it.

It won’t, the dream of a liberal democracy in Tunisia died in 2013.

[MRCVzla]

Final Turnout: 27,54% Most likely the new Tunisian Constitution will be approved anyway, giving more powers to President Saied, who already ruled by decree since months ago. Exit poll projected a 25% turnout (opposition boycotted) and a 92% of valid votes to approve the next text. Failed Democracy? Electoral type event?
https://twitter.com/ElectsWorld/status/1551685403274526721
https://twitter.com/AfricaElect/status/1551554713648250880

[Antonio the Sixth]

Opposition boycott only makes sense as a strategy if there was a required turnout quorum (doesn't seem to be the case) or if they expected the vote to be rigged. So either Tunisia is truly gone and back to the Ben Ali days, or the opposition made a colossal blunder and will pay the price for it.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I don't yet have any real idea of how to judge Kais Said and don't feel like I know enough about Tunisian politics to comment anything too definitively in terms of who is what and all, but regardless, the trendlines don't look too good.
In any case, Kais Said claiming this power for himself is a double-edged sword. With greater power comes greater responsibility and if things go south under his watch, he will find it harder to find other people he can blame for that.

[Mike88]

Decided to post here because it's related to this event:

Tunisian legislative election was held yesterday and only... 8.8% of voters cast a ballot:

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1604249984567631872

Of the around 9 million registered voters, just 800,000 cast a ballot, although that number could increase a bit as votes are counted. The Opposition, who boycotted the election, is demanding the resignation of President Kais Saied, accusing Saied of having no legitimacy to be President after this election fiasco.