The Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) cordially invites you to a Zoom Webinar on:
Presidential Elections in Tunisia:
Will the Opposition participate or Boycott the elections?
Featuring:
Ezzedine Hazgui
Independent democracy militant, Father of
Political Prisoner Jawhar Ben Mbarek, and leader of
the National Salvation Front
Islem Hamza
Lawyer and member of the Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners, Human rights and democracy activist
Khaled Chouket
Professor of Political Science and International Relations, President of the Arab Institute for Democracy. and former Minister
and Member of Parliament
Ahmed Kadidi
Former minister and diplomat, political and democracy activist and militant. Announced candidacy for President of Tunisia.
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
11 am to 12:15 pm Eastern Time
4 pm to 5:15 pm, Tunis Time
Description:
Tunisians are expected to go to the polls to elect a new president on Oct. 7, 2024, in seven weeks from today. However, the current president has arrested and/or sentenced over 50 of the top politicians and political party leaders are in jail, and the election commission has rejected 14 out of 17 candidates who declared their intention to run and submitted hundreds of documents and over 10,000 recommendations. The Ministry of Interior has so far refused to give most of the declared candidates their legal record document (B3) which is one of the documents required by the new law (enacted 3 months ago by the ISIE). The media continues to be muzzled after the arrests of prominent journalists and hundreds of bloggers. Under these conditions, should/will the opponents of Kais Saied and the major opposition parties participate in what appears to be sham elections, or should they boycott them?
Moderator: Radwan A. Masmoudi, Founder and President of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID).
The Panelists will speak in Arabic, with simultaneous interpretation into English.
