Lawyer: Tunisia presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel gets prison term, still on ballot

Lawyer: Tunisia presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel gets prison term, still on ballot

Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel was handed a 20-month prison term for charges related to forging voter endorsements Wednesday but will still stand in next month's election, his lawyer told AFP.
   Zammel, a former lawmaker and head of a small liberal party, is one of only
two candidates approved by Tunisia's electoral authority ISIE to challenge
President Kais Saied in the October 6 poll.
   One of Zammel's lawyers, Abdessatar Messaoudi, said the defence team "will
appeal".

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