Monday, December 22, 2014
88-Year Old Beji Caid Essebsi Wins Tunisian Presidential Election
Information reaching BlackBox Nigeria from Election authorities in Tunisia have it that Veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi has been confirmed as winner of Tunisia's first free presidential poll.
He secured 55.68% of the vote in Sunday's run-off, defeating caretaker president Moncef Marzouki (44.32%), the head of the electoral commission said.
Marzouki, 67, who is younger to the winner, earlier refused to admit defeat, but the election as been adjudged by many to be free, credible and fair.
Essebsi has urged all Tunisians to "work together" for stability but critics say his win marks the return of a discredited establishment.
They point out that he served under President Zine el-Abedine Ben Ali, who was ousted in 2011 after the Arab Spring revolution triggered uprisings across the region.
Mr Essebsi was also in the cabinet of Tunisia's first post-independence leader, Habib Bourguiba.
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