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October 14, 2019

Tunisia: Law Professor Kaïs Saïed Poised to Be Next President
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In Tunisia, retired law professor Kaïs Saïed is poised to be the next
president, after preliminary results from Sunday's election showed him
with a landslide lead over his opponent, a multimillionaire TV mogul who
had been arrested on charges of money laundering and tax fraud.
Celebrations filled the streets of Tunis after the early results were
announced.

Latifa: "I am so very happy. I am so happy with youth, who in 2011 held
a revolution and have today nominated the president with wisdom. With
hope, I salute Tunisia's youth. They are our future. They are
everything. They are the ones who brought back our revolution today."

Professor Kaïs Saïed helped parliament draft Tunisia's post-Arab Spring
constitution and ran on a message of integrity and anti-corruption. But
some have criticized his conservative views, which include opposing
equal inheritance for men and women and plans to reinstate the death
penalty.


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