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"en.20041025.12.1-041"2
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"Mr President, I should like to remind you that, this weekend, presidential and legislative elections took place in Tunisia. When election results go as expected, they do not make big news. Nevertheless, like other Members of this House, I believe I have some information of a constitutional nature. We remember the constitutional coup that enabled President Ben Ali to stand for a fourth time, yet we also know that the Constitution contains a number of severe constraints that prevent and restrain his capacity to stand.
We also have consistent information on the conditions under which these elections were held, not least from the point of view of media access, which was characterised by a total absence of pluralism. One candidate, the only one in the presidential elections to have enjoyed a modicum of independence – a great deal of independence if one compares him with Mr Ben Ali – was not allowed to publish and distribute his official election manifesto. We also know that the Tunisian Human Rights League, a body that Parliament trusts and is happy to deal with, was prevented from properly monitoring these elections."@en1
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