Leo Siebert on Tunisia’s Presidential Elections

September 25, 2019 00:08:52
Leo Siebert on Tunisia’s Presidential Elections
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Leo Siebert on Tunisia’s Presidential Elections

Sep 25 2019 | 00:08:52

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Show Notes

Last week, Tunisians voted for “a wholesale dismissal of everyone who’s governed before” in the first round of presidential elections, said USIP’s Leo Siebert. And with parliamentary and runoff elections upcoming, a string of free and fair elections could help Tunisia “prove to the world, and be a model to its neighbors, that democracy is possible.”

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