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Starkly Different Candidates Vie for Tunisia's Presidency
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| Contributor | Bojicat |
| Last Edited | Bojicat Oct 12, 2019 10:12am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Oct 11, 2019 10:10am |
| Description | TUNIS — If he wins Sunday's election, media mogul Nabil Karoui will only have to stroll up one of Tunisia's most expensive streets to move from his own home into the presidential palace.
For his opponent Kais Saied, the journey would be very different: through poor districts where the 2011 revolution flared and where the cafes are filled with unemployed young men.
The stark contrast between their neighborhoods - Karoui's opulent Carthage and Saied's earthier Mnihla - underscores the many other differences between the candidates in both their politics and temperament.
Supporters of Karoui, a self-assured businessman facing corruption charges, present Sunday's run-off presidential vote as a choice between a professionally successful, secular champion of Tunisia's poor and an inexperienced conservative backed by Islamists. |
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