TWO CANDIDATES ANTI-SYSTEMS QUALIFIED AT THE SECOND TOUR IN TUNISIA

Kaïs Saïed comes first in the first round of the Tunisian presidential election with 19% of the vote, announced Monday the Elections Authority (Isie), ahead of Nabil Karoui by 4 points. The elbow-shaped candidate of the Islamist-inspired party Ennahdha, Abdelfattah Mourou comes third with 11 to 12%, far ahead of the Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, located between 7 and 8% according to these polls

"We hope that he will be released tomorrow and that he can campaign fairly," Nabil Karoui's wife, Salwa Smaoui, told reporters before reading a letter written by her husband.

"We hope for this second round that the injustice stops and that the electoral competition is fair to both candidates, with full respect for the Constitution, laws and the will of citizens and voters," she said. read.

A campaign around the rejection of elites

Seven million voters were called Sunday to go to the polls for the first round of the presidential election, disputed by 26 candidates, which took place amid a serious economic and social crisis.

The participation was 45.02% according to figures still provisional of Isie, a low rate compared to 64% recorded during the first round of the presidential election of 2014 which shows the disaffection of the population towards the policies and more precisely a rejection of traditional political elites.

Kaïs Saïed and Nabil Karoui both campaigned on the rejection of political elites.