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Tunisia’s authoritarian incumbent president Kais Saied announced on Saturday that he will run for a second presidential term and will legally submit his candidacy in the prescribed period. In a speech commemorating the 24th anniversary of the death of Tunisian statesman Habib Bourguiba, Saied criticised parties that boycotted the legislative elections “but are now rushing to the presidential elections,” according to Sky News Arabia. He accused unnamed parties of “seeking refuge in foreign support”, noting sarcastically that “these [outside] parties cannot run for presidential elections in Tuni…

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