Tunisians are voting on Sunday in a runoff presidential election between a low-profile law professor and a charismatic media magnate who was released from prison earlier this week. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A supporter of the then jailed Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui shows his portrait during a gathering in Tunis in September. But if he wins the runoff, Karoui would “receive immunity … and all the legal proceedings against him … will be suspended until the end of his mandate”, the constitutional law professor Salsabil Klibi told Agence France-Presse. Its transition appeared most risky in 2013 after several leftist leaders were assassinated, allegedly by Islamic extremists, deepening the polarisation between the country’s political factions. “He is going to be an isolated leader because he does not have a political party,” he said.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2019 10:24 UTC