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Tunisian President Saied seizes control of electoral commission

Saied has already dismissed parliament and taken control of the judiciary after assuming executive authority last year [File: Muhammad Hamed/Reuters]

Tunisia’s president has seized control of the country’s election commission, saying he would replace most of its members in a move that will entrench his one-man rule and cast doubt on electoral integrity.

In his decree on Friday, President Kais Saied said he would select three of the existing nine members of the electoral commission to stay on, serving in a new seven-member panel with three judges and an information technology specialist.

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