Ahmad 
The Sixth Ward Chamber of the Court of First Instance in Tunisia sentenced Zaki Rahmouni, a former member of the Election Commission, to 16 months in prison in two cases filed against him by the Tunisian Election Commission.
In the first case, which was filed on August 19, 2022, Rahmouni was accused of insulting others and attributing untrue matters based on statements he made on a private radio station, and he was sentenced to eight months in prison.
The second case was filed on December 2, 2022, and included alongside him Sami Bin Salama and another person named Al-Dali Al-Barhoumi, due to blog posts that criticized the work of the Commission. Although the Public Prosecution dismantled the case and referred each defendant separately, the court ruled that he should be imprisoned for another eight months.
Zaki Rahmouni denounced the Tunisian Court of First Instance’s failure to take into account the intervention of the Siliana Court of First Instance in a similar case, which had been investigated in December 2022, and confirmed his lack of intention to appeal the two rulings to avoid appearing before the judiciary again.
On the other hand, the head of the Independent High Authority for Elections in Tunisia, Farouk Bouaskar, announced that the authority will begin receiving applications to run for the presidential elections starting from July 29 until August 6, 2024, with the list of initially accepted candidates announced on August 11, and the final candidates announced on August 3. September, as President Kais Saied issued an order calling on voters for the presidential elections on October 6, 2024.
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