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Article 57 (external link at Constitution of Tunisia) clearly talks about a presidential election being obligatory within 45-60 days. It also forbids the acting President from dissolving the lower house of parliament (Chamber of Deputies). It would be difficult to hold a general election, i.e. for members of the lower house of parliament, without dissolving it first AFAIK. Maybe due to further action from the streets, there will be pressure to drop the present constitution and have a general election along with the presidential election. However, for the moment, that would crystalballing it seems to me.
So we probably need some renaming/moving/splitting. Or else keep a single page until things become clearer. But at least until we have some sources, we have no evidence that a general election will be held in 2011 - in possible violation of the Constitution. Boud (talk) 21:42, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You seem to be right. However, since Ben Ali announced to hold general elections within six months, he might already have dissolved parliament before resigning. --Roentgenium111 (talk) 18:22, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Another complication is that Tunisians such as Moncef Marzouki are not terribly convinced that the present constitution and electoral system have much chance of giving free and fair elections, and the protests do not seem to have stopped. Chances are that opposition groups may insist on many changes that are not exactly what the Constitution says, but which sound more reasonable and will be forced on the government by popular pressure. i guess for the moment, we should go by what is available in RS's without crystalballing - i.e. for the moment we only know that there should be a presidential election within 45-60 days of 15 Jan. Unless someone finds a RS that talks about a general election. Boud (talk) 22:44, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I came to this page without much background in Tunisian politics, and frankly I found it incomprehensible. You do not have a simple, clear narrative of what happened. For example, you start talking about the Troika without any explanation of what that is. Who is, or was, Mohamed Brahmi? When was Marzouki elected? (Suddenly you call him the incumbent president-- how did that happen?) What is the point of the second paragraph under Background? And the fourth paragraph... I have no idea when it is taking place. Some of the verb tenses seem to be wrong, which adds to the confusion.Pdronsard (talk) 02:40, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:53, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If that's the case, shouldn't you update the article to say so? Currently the article says 23 October 2011, with no hint that there are further delays. 81.142.107.230 (talk) 11:40, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I see - in that case the article still needs some work, as the difference is not obvious on first reading. 81.142.107.230 (talk) 10:40, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The article definitely needs more work, but I've changed the introduction so hopefully it is now clearer. — ABJIKLAM (t·c) 20:54, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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"27 candidates were allowed to run, out of the 70 who applied".
It would be informative if someone knowledgeable could expand on this. Allowed to run by who? On what grounds where some not allowed? What are the appropriate laws or conventions in this regard? 213.120.234.130 (talk) 22:20, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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