Tunisia Presidential Poll Delayed a Week for Muslim Holiday
Tunisia's presidential poll has been postponed a week to November 17 to avoid a clash with a Muslim holiday for the Prophet Mohammed's birthday, the electoral commission said Friday.
The commission has set the new date for November 17, rather than November 10 as originally scheduled, "to ensure a good turnout", its spokeswoman Hasna Ben Slimane told AFP.
If a presidential candidate does not win outright in the first round, a second round is to follow within two weeks.
Parliamentary elections have been scheduled for October 6.
Tunisia, whose 2011 revolt toppled longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and sparked the Arab Spring uprisings, has been hailed as a model of democratization in the Arab world but has faced economic woes and jihadist attacks.
Previous polls held in 2014 brought to power Beji Caid Essebsi, the country's first democratically elected president.
Source: Agence France Presse
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