Tunisia parl. adopts new electoral law

May 2nd, 2014

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Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly has adopted a new electoral law to govern legislative and presidential polls in the country.

On Thursday, lawmakers in the 217-member assembly passed the law with 132 votes in favor after weeks of debate.

A major bone of contention in the debate was over a proposed ban on officials of the ousted regime from standing for office. The proposal was rejected by a single vote.

New legislative and presidential polls are due to be held in Tunisia by the end of 2014.

The planned elections aim to create permanent institutions in the country following the 2011 revolution that overthrew the Western-backed dictator, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

In January 2011, Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia, following weeks of bloody protests over corruption, unemployment and high food prices.

Since then, he has been handed two life sentences for his regime’s crackdown on protesters prior to his ouster.

According to the United Nations figures, more than 300 people were killed and many others wounded in the crackdown by security forces during the revolution.

On April 12, the Tunisian Military Appeals Court released all former officials accused of killing peaceful protesters. The court declared that killing people during the uprising was an act of duty.

Following the court ruling, 12 relatives of those killed during the 2011 revolution went on hunger strike demanding justice.

The hunger strike is being held at the office of the National Coordination Committee for Transitional Justice to denounce what the families describe as the complicity between the former regime and the military court.

The striking relatives have received support from the country’s labor union leaders, who represent 600,000 workers.

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