Tunisian general election, 2014
The presidential election in Tunisia in 2014 is to be prepared and terminated by the Constituent Assembly elected in 2011. It will be the first democratic presidential elections after the fall of the dictatorial ruling President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Prehistory
Originally a presidential election and then a general election was scheduled a few months after the revolution in Tunisia 2010/2011 on 14 January 2011 already. Based on the insight that making a new constitution had to be created, but these elections were canceled in 2011. Since 1994 Tunisia has formally a Representative Democracy. However, all elections were sham elections that - neither free nor fair - resulted in partly results of over 90% for Ben Ali and his party Rassemblement constitutionnel démocratique.
Originally, the next parliamentary and presidential elections in 2014 were planned. The § 57 of the present Constitution of the Republic of Tunisia saw, however, in the event that the office of President is vacant, new elections within 45 to 60 days. For interim president was appointed by then by the Constitutional Court of Tunisia Fouad Mebazaa.
Different voices from the opposition held under the circumstances this phase, however, is too short, to perform controlled elections with equal opportunities for all candidates. The European Union said directly after the revolution to support the establishment of democracy and the conduct of elections.
Constituent Assembly as a prerequisite
As the Constitution of Tunisia also has been overridden in the course of the revolution, lacked the legal requirements for performing any kind of elections. President Fouad Mebazaâ was therefore on March 3 in a televised speech announced that on July 24, a constituent assembly should be elected, inter alia, draw up a new constitution and to organize the next presidential and parliamentary elections. This choice has now been postponed to 23 October 2011 and also performed.
The presidential and legislative elections were scheduled for June 23, 2013, an expected run-off election for the office of President was scheduled for July 7. After protests against the Tunisian government elections on 17 December have been moved.
They should now take place in 2014. [ Deprecated]
The new constitution was adopted on 28 January 2014 the Constituent Assembly.
People who announced their candidacy
- The human rights activist Moncef Marzouki was on 17 January 2011, the first politician who announced his candidacy for president. Marzouki is politically left and in 2001 was founder of the banned under Ben Ali party Congress for the Republic.
- Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik and critics of the regime announced on January 20, 2011 announced his candidacy.