Businessman and candidate for Sunday runoff was freed Wednesday after the court of cassation approved his release request. Media mogul Nabil Karoui was detained on August 23 on money laundering and tax evasion following a lawsuit lodged by NGO “I Watch”. Despite being in prison, Karoui emerged as the second winner of the September first round of presidential election with 15.6 per cent of vote. The electoral commission, ISIE, called on the justice to take action and free the media mogul or try him. Karoui will face retired law professor and independent candidate Kais Saïed who secured 18.4 per cent of the votes.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 10, 2019 11:37 UTC