Saturday, May 28, 2011

The Tunisian Prime Minister talks about a likely postponement of elections

The Tunisian Prime Minister, Beji Caid Essebsi said, Friday, May 27, that the elections scheduled July 24 in Tunisia will be postponed if the electoral commission "believes that it is necessary," she once said, during a press briefing at the G8 summit. "This is not postponed, but the commission [election] was felt that a little more time for these elections are above reproach, fair and transparent," said the head of the transitional government.

In Tunis, the choice of a date for elections has turned into a standoff between the government and the electoral commission in recent days. Senior independent body elections set to be announced "on October 16 elections to the Constituent Assembly, which will adopt a new constitution and prepare for new elections.

For its part, the government had initially upheld the July 24, before recalling that in any event, he returned to the executive to decide, not the technical body.

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