President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) Farouk Bouasker, Friday, said that the elections of the local councils will take place on December 17, pending the publication of the presidential decree summoning voters before September 17, 2023.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of a training session about media coverage of elections organised at the African Center for the Development of Journalists and Communicators (CAPJC), Bouasker pointed out that the local council elections are a top priority, given their importance as a starting point for the establishment of the second legislative branch, namely the national council of regions and districts. This council will play a decisive role rather than an advisory one, he underlined.
The ISIE President spoke of the possibility of postponing the municipal elections to 2025. As the electoral calendar is tight, first with the local council elections in 2023 and then with the presidential elections in 2024, the organisation of municipal elections before 2025 will be a very difficult task.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse