Tunisia President Warns Against Voters Interference

Tunisian President, Kais Saied has warned against any interference with the referendum elections.

The president said any “attempts to interfere with the voter registration and polling station change processes must be addressed.

“We will not tolerate the actions of those who want to make the referendum fail,” he said.

The president made the remarks when he met the head of the country’s electoral body, Farouk Bouasker, at the Carthage Palace on Monday.

It comes amid renewed opposition against the July 25 referendum on the new constitution which the president has promoted.

On Monday, an opposition alliance, the National Salvation Front, renewed its calls for Tunisians to boycott the referendum.

Critics accuse President Saied, who sacked the government last July and dissolved parliament before seizing executive power, of trying to return the country to one-man rule.

He denies the claim.

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