A retired law professor with an awkward public manner, little money, no politica...
TUNIS - A retired law professor with an awkward public manner, little money, no political party and a commitment to an experimental form of direct democracy looks set to be Tunisia’s new president.
“I did not make traditional promises or a traditional program ... but new ideas that can be realized.. today we entered a new stage in the history of Tunisia,” he told Reuters after the first round of the election in September. Though he did well in opinion polls for months, his lack of an established political or media base made him something of a dark horse and a less familiar figure to many Tunisians than Karoui.The wealthy, slickly presented Karoui has a television station and a large election team. He spent most of the election period in custody on suspicion of tax evasion and money laundering, which he denies.
His conservative social views - favoring the death penalty and opposing homosexuality and equal inheritance for men and women - appear to have won him much support among Islamists.
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