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LEGISLATIVES IN TUNISIA PARTI ISLAMISTE
ENNAHDA IN HEAD AND LIBERATION OF NABIL KAROUI |
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Presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, accused with his brother Ghazi for money laundering and tax evasion, was released four days before the second round, while at the same time, the official results confirm a halftone victory. Islamists in the legislative. 
The political landscape remains more fragmented than ever. According to the official preliminary results announced Wednesday, October 9 evening by the Independent Higher Authority for the elections (Isie), the Islamist-inspired party Ennahda has won the legislative elections on Sunday winning 52 seats out of 217. But he will not be able to form a single government, placing itself very far from the required majority of 109 votes. Errahma is led by a controversial imam, Said Jaziri, known for his preaching and his radio, Koran Karim, which is widely listened to even though it is broadcasting illegally. Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi was elected deputy in Tunis. In second place, Nabil Karoui's party, Qalb Tounes, created in June, returns to Parliament with 38 seats. The Social Democrat Party Attayar ("Democratic Stream") of human rights activist Mohammed Abbou won 22 seats. Karama, an Islamo-populist movement recently formed by a lawyer known to have defended suspected Salafists Seifeddine Makhlouf, won 21 seats. The Free Destour Party of anti-Islamist lawyer Abir Moussi won 17 seats. Candidate disappointed in the presidential election, Mrs. Moussi, who defended the regime of ousted president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, is elected deputy of Tunis. Results that only confirm the fragmentation of Parliament and augur hard negotiations for the formation of a government. |
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| Jenny Chase for DayNewsWorld | |
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