Reports: Tunisia presidential candidate Zammel remanded

Reports: Tunisia presidential candidate Zammel remanded

A Tunisian court on Wednesday remanded in custody presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel pending an investigation into suspicions of forging ballot signatures, his lawyers said, that’s according to reporting by AFP.  Zammel, 43, is one of only two candidates approved by the Tunisian electoral authority, ISIE, to challenge incumbent President Kais Saied in the October 6 poll. Zammel was arrested Monday and is set to appear in court on Thursday, according to media reports.

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