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Tunisia presidential candidate Zammel remanded: reports

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When Tunisian demonstrators took part in a rally against President Kais Saied, called for by the opposition "National Salvation Front" coalition, in the capital Tunis. Taken December 10, 2022. [AFP]

A Tunisian court on Wednesday remanded in custody presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel pending an investigation into suspicions of forging ballot signatures, his lawyers said.

Zammel, 43, is one of only two candidates approved by the electoral authority, ISIE, to challenge President Kais Saied in the October 6 poll.

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