- Voters backed a new constitution giving President Kais Saied far greater powers with 92.3 percent voting “yes”, but turnout was just 25 percent, according to a Sigma Conseil exit poll issued by state TV.
- The figure comes as polling stations were due to close at 10pm local time (21:00 GMT) across the country.
- Voters backed a new constitution giving President Kais Saied far greater powers with 92.3 percent voting “yes”, but turnout was just 25 percent, according to a Sigma Conseil exit poll issued by state TV.
- The figure comes as polling stations were due to close at 10pm local time (21:00 GMT) across the country.
- Many are expected to boycott the vote in order not to legitimise a process they see as enabling a return to dictatorial rule in the country.
- Hundreds of people rallied in the capital Tunis on Friday and Saturday to protest against the draft constitution proposed by Saied.
- During one of the protests, on Friday, police arrested demonstrators as they headed towards the Ministry of Interior in the centre of Tunis to demand an end to the referendum process.
- July 25 marks a year since Saied sacked Tunisia’s government, suspended parliament and assumed executive authority, citing a national emergency in a move critics have called a coup.
- Two months later, he announced he would rule by decree and dismantled many of the country’s democratic state institutions, including the Supreme Judicial Council. In June, he fired dozens of judges, accusing them of corruption and “terrorism”, further consolidating his power.
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These were the updates on Monday, July 25: