Tunisia's presidential campaign season starts against backdrop of protests, arrests

presidential election campaigns have started in Tunisia against a backdrop of protests against the country's rulers and the arrests of several opposition politicians demonstrators organized a mass rally in the capital Tunis to protest against what they say is the deteriorating state of the country unemployment has steadily increased to one of the Region's highest at 16% and the National Institute for statistics said in March that economic growth was at a stand at just 0.4% president Kai SED who is seeking a second term in office is an unpopular figure in Tunisia when he was first elected in 2019 he used anti-corruption promises to win over people disillusioned with the country's politics since the Arab Spring but since taking office the former law professor has gone to length to consolidate his own power freezing the country's Parliament ruling by decree and rewriting the Constitution

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