TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s parliamentary elections later this month “haven’t any color and taste” and are a results of a structure that doesn’t enjoy national unanimity, said the leader of the powerful UGTT Union on Saturday, in his clearest comments rejecting the vote thus far.
The elections, that are scheduled to happen on Dec. 17, will hand parliament far less power than that enjoyed by the previous one, which was closed by President Kais Saied last 12 months, in a move his opponents described as a coup.
The foremost political parties are boycotting the elections, describing it as a step to consolidate Saied’s control over all legislative powers.
(Reporting by Tarek Amara; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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