Submitted by nolesfan2011 t3_10or019 in worldnews
autotldr t1_j6gg53t wrote
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 80%. (I'm a bot)
> A mere 11% of the electorate voted in Tunisia's parliamentary runoffs, with critics of president Kais Saied saying the empty polling stations were evidence of public disdain for his agenda and seizure of powers.
> The latest poll was seen as the final pillar of Saied's transformation of politics, ushering in a new legislature that will have almost no authority to hold the president or government to account.
> Saied has said his actions were both legal and necessary to save Tunisia from years of corruption and economic decline at the hands of a self-interested political elite.
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